Exhibit 10.1





 


Execution
Copy


 





 









 


WhiteHorse Finance, Inc.


 


$30,000,000


 


6.00% Senior
Notes due August 7, 2023


 





 






 


Note Purchase Agreement


 








 






 


Dated
July 13, 2018


 





 



  




    	 		 



     


    

 


Table of Contents


 


	Section	Heading	Page
	 	 	 
	Section 1.	Authorization of Notes; Interest Rate	1
	 	 	 
	Section 1.1.	Authorization of Notes	1
	Section 1.2.	Changes in Interest Rate	1
	 	 	 
	Section 2.	Sale and Purchase of Notes	2
	 	 	 
	Section 3.	Closing	3
	 	 	 
	Section 4.	Conditions to Closing	3
	 	 	 
	Section 4.1.	Representations and Warranties	3
	Section 4.2.	Performance; No Default	3
	Section 4.3.	Compliance Certificates	3
	Section 4.4.	Opinions of Counsel	4
	Section 4.5.	Purchase Permitted by Applicable Law, Etc.	4
	Section 4.6.	Sale of Other Notes	4
	Section 4.7.	Payment of Special Counsel Fees	4
	Section 4.8.	Private Placement Number	4
	Section 4.9.	Changes in Corporate Structure	4
	Section 4.10.	Funding Instructions	4
	Section 4.11.	Rating	5
	Section 4.12.	[Reserved.]	5
	Section 4.13.	Consent of Holders of Other Indebtedness	5
	Section 4.14.	Proceedings and Documents	5
	 	 	 
	Section 5.	Representations and Warranties of the Company	5
	 	 	 
	Section 5.1.	Organization; Power and Authority	5
	Section 5.2.	Authorization, Etc.	5
	Section 5.3.	Disclosure	6
	Section 5.4.	Organization and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates	6
	Section 5.5.	Financial Statements; Material Liabilities	7
	Section 5.6.	Compliance with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc.	7
	Section 5.7.	Governmental Authorizations, Etc.	7
	Section 5.8.	Litigation; Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders	8
	Section 5.9.	Taxes	8
	Section 5.10.	Title to Property; Leases	8
	Section 5.11.	Licenses, Permits, Etc.	8
	Section 5.12.	Compliance with Employee Benefit Plans	9
	Section 5.13.	Private Offering by the Company	10
	Section 5.14.	Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations	10


 




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	Section 5.15.	Existing Indebtedness; Future Liens	11
	Section 5.16.	Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.	11
	Section 5.17.	Status under Certain Statutes	12
	Section 5.18.	Environmental Matters	12
	Section 5.19.	Investment Company Act	12
	 	 	 
	Section 6.	Representations of the Purchasers	13
	 	 	 
	Section 6.1.	Purchase for Investment	13
	Section 6.2.	Source of Funds	13
	 	 	 
	Section 7.	Information as to Company	15
	 	 	 
	Section 7.1.	Financial and Business Information	15
	Section 7.2.	Officer’s Certificate	17
	Section 7.3.	Visitation	18
	Section 7.4.	Electronic Delivery	19
	 	 	 
	Section 8.	Payment and Prepayment of the Notes	20
	 	 	 
	Section 8.1.	Maturity	20
	Section 8.2.	Optional Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount	20
	Section 8.3.	Allocation of Partial Prepayments	20
	Section 8.4.	Maturity; Surrender, Etc.	20
	Section 8.5.	Purchase of Notes	21
	Section 8.6.	Make-Whole Amount	21
	Section 8.7.	Payments Due on Non-Business Days	22
	Section 8.8.	Change in Control	23
	 	 	 
	Section 9.	Affirmative Covenants	24
	 	 	 
	Section 9.1.	Compliance with Laws	24
	Section 9.2.	Insurance	24
	Section 9.3.	Maintenance of Properties	24
	Section 9.4.	Payment of Taxes and Claims	24
	Section 9.5.	Corporate Existence, Etc.	25
	Section 9.6.	Books and Records	25
	Section 9.7.	Subsidiary Guarantors	25
	Section 9.8.	Rating Confirmation.	26
	Section 9.9.	Status of RIC and BDC	27
	Section 9.10.	Priority of Obligations	27
	 	 	 
	Section 10.	Negative Covenants	27
	 	 	 
	Section 10.1.	Transactions with Affiliates	27
	Section 10.2.	Merger, Consolidation, Etc.	27
	Section 10.3.	Line of Business	29
	Section 10.4.	Economic Sanctions, Etc.	29
	Section 10.5.	Liens	29


 






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	Section 10.6.	Financial Covenants	29
	Section 10.7.	Most Favored Lender Status	30
	 	 	 
	Section 11.	Events of Default	31
	 	 	 
	Section 12.	Remedies on Default, Etc.	34
	 	 	 
	Section 12.1.	Acceleration	34
	Section 12.2.	Other Remedies	35
	Section 12.3.	Rescission	35
	Section 12.4.	No Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc.	36
	 	 	 
	Section 13.	Registration; Exchange; Substitution of Notes	36
	 	 	 
	Section 13.1.	Registration of Notes	36
	Section 13.2.	Transfer and Exchange of Notes	36
	Section 13.3.	Replacement of Notes	36
	 	 	 
	Section 14.	Payments on Notes	37
	 	 	 
	Section 14.1.	Place of Payment	37
	Section 14.2.	Payment by Wire Transfer	37
	Section 14.3.	FATCA Information	38
	 	 	 
	Section 15.	Expenses, Etc.	38
	 	 	 
	Section 15.1.	Transaction Expenses	38
	Section 15.2.	Certain Taxes	39
	Section 15.3.	Survival	39
	 	 	 
	Section 16.	Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement	39
	 	 	 
	Section 17.	Amendment and Waiver	39
	 	 	 
	Section 17.1.	Requirements	39
	Section 17.2.	Solicitation of Holders of Notes	40
	Section 17.3.	Binding Effect, Etc.	41
	Section 17.4.	Notes Held by Company, Etc.	41
	 	 	 
	Section  18.	Notices	41
	 	 	 
	Section  19.	Reproduction of Documents	42
	 	 	 
	Section  20.	Confidential Information	42
	 	 	 
	Section  21.	Substitution of Purchaser	43
	 	 	 
	Section 22.	Miscellaneous	43
	 	 	 
	Section 22.1.	Successors and Assigns	43
	Section 22.2.	Accounting Terms	44
	Section 22.3.	Severability	44
	Section 22.4.	Construction, Etc.	44
	Section 22.5.	Counterparts	45
	Section 22.6.	Governing Law	45
	Section 22.7.	Jurisdiction and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial	45
	 	 	 
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	Schedule A	—	Defined Terms
	 	 	 
	Schedule 1	—	Form of 6.00% Senior Note due August 7, 2023
	 	 	 
	Schedule 4.4(a)	—	Form of Opinion of Special Counsel for the Company
	 	 	 
	Schedule 4.4(b)	—	Form of Opinion of Special Counsel for the Purchasers
	 	 	 
	Schedule 5.3	—	Disclosure Materials
	 	 	 
	Schedule 5.4	—	Subsidiaries of the Company and Ownership of Subsidiary Stock
	 	 	 
	Schedule 5.5	—	Financial Statements
	 	 	 
	Schedule 5.15	—	Existing Indebtedness
	 	 	 
	Schedule 10.1	—	Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	 
	Purchaser Schedule  	—	Information Relating to Purchasers


 




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WhiteHorse
Finance, Inc.

1450 Brickell Avenue, 31st Floor

Miami, Florida 33131


 


6.00%
Senior Notes due August 7, 2023


 


July 13, 2018


 


To
Each of the Purchasers Listed in


the
Purchaser Schedule Hereto:


 


Ladies and Gentlemen:


 


WhiteHorse Finance,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), agrees with each of the Purchasers as follows:


 


Section 1.          Authorization
of Notes; Interest Rate.


 


Section 1.1.          Authorization
of Notes. The Company will authorize the issue and sale of $30,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.00% Senior Notes
due August 7, 2023  (the “Notes”). The Notes shall be substantially
in the form set out in Schedule 1. Certain capitalized and other terms used in this Agreement are defined in Schedule A
and, for purposes of this Agreement, the rules of construction set forth in Section 22.4 shall govern.


 


Section 1.2.          Changes
in Interest Rate. (a) If at any time a Below Investment Grade Event occurs, then:


 


(i)          as
of the date of the occurrence of the Below Investment Grade Event to and until the date on which such Below Investment Grade Event
is no longer continuing (as evidenced by the receipt and delivery to the holders of the Notes of any Rating necessary to cure such
Below Investment Grade Event), the Notes shall bear interest at the Adjusted Interest Rate; and


 


(ii)         the
Company shall promptly, and in any event within twenty (20) Business Days after a Below Investment Grade Event has occurred, notify
the holders of the Notes in writing, sent in the manner provided in Section 18, that a Below Investment Grade Event has occurred,
which written notice shall be accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the Required Holders to such effect and confirming the effective
date of the Below Investment Grade Event and that the Adjusted Interest Rate will be payable in respect of the Notes in consequence
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(b)          Each
holder of a Note shall, at the Company’s expense, use reasonable efforts to cooperate with any reasonable request made by
the Company in connection with any rating appeal or application.


 


(c)          The
fees and expenses of any NRSRO and all other costs incurred in connection with obtaining, affirming or appealing a Rating pursuant
to this Section 1.2 shall be borne by the Company.


 


(d)          As
used herein, “Adjusted Interest Rate” with respect to the Notes shall be 6.50%
per annum.


 


(e)          As
used herein, a “Below Investment Grade Event” shall occur if


 


(i)          at
any time the Company has obtained a Rating of the Notes from only one NRSRO, the then most recent Rating from such NRSRO that is
in full force and effect (not having been withdrawn) is less than Investment Grade; or


 


(ii)         at
any time the Company has obtained a Rating of the Notes from two NRSROs, the then lower of the most recent Ratings from the NRSROs
that are in full force and effect (not having been withdrawn) is less than Investment Grade; or


 


(iii)        at
any time the Company has obtained a Rating of the Notes from three or more NRSROs, the then second lowest of the most recent Ratings
from the NRSROs that is in full force and effect (not having been withdrawn) is less than Investment Grade; or


 


(iv)        at
any time the Company shall have failed to receive and deliver to the holders of the Notes a Rating of the Notes from at least one
NRSRO as required pursuant to Section 9.8.


 


(f)          Following
the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Notes shall bear interest at the Default Rate.


 


Section 2.          Sale
and Purchase of Notes.


 


Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, the Company will issue and sell to each Purchaser, and each Purchaser will purchase from the
Company, at the Closing provided for in Section 3, Notes in the principal amount specified opposite such Purchaser’s
name in the Purchaser Schedule at the purchase price of 100% of the principal amount thereof. The Purchasers’ obligations
hereunder are several and not joint obligations and no Purchaser shall have any liability to any Person for the performance or
non-performance of any obligation by any other Purchaser hereunder.


 




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Section 3.          Closing.


 


This Agreement shall
be executed and delivered in advance of the Closing at the offices of Chapman and Cutler LLP, 111 West Monroe Street, Chicago,
Illinois 60603, on July 13, 2018. The sale and purchase of the Notes to be purchased by each Purchaser shall occur at the offices
of Chapman and Cutler LLP, 111 West Monroe, Chicago, IL 60603, at 9:00 a.m. Chicago time, at a closing (the “Closing”)
on August 7, 2018. At the Closing the Company will deliver to each Purchaser the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser in
the form of a single Note (or such greater number of Notes in denominations of at least $100,000 as such Purchaser may request)
dated the date of the Closing and registered in such Purchaser’s name (or in the name of its nominee), against delivery by
such Purchaser to the Company or its order of immediately available funds in the amount of the purchase price therefor by wire
transfer of immediately available funds for the account of the Company to Account No. xxxxxxxxxx at The Bank of New York Mellon,
Swift Code xxxxxxxxxxx, ABA No. xxxxxxxxxx. If at the Closing the Company shall fail to tender such Notes to any Purchaser as provided
above in this Section 3, or any of the conditions specified in Section 4 shall not have been fulfilled to such Purchaser’s
satisfaction, such Purchaser shall, at its election, be relieved of all further obligations under this Agreement, without thereby
waiving any rights such Purchaser may have by reason of such failure by the Company to tender such Notes or any of the conditions
specified in Section 4 not having been fulfilled to such Purchaser’s satisfaction.


 


Section 4.          Conditions
to Closing.


 


Each Purchaser’s
obligation to purchase and pay for the Notes to be sold to such Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the fulfillment to such
Purchaser’s satisfaction, prior to or at the Closing, of the following conditions:


 


Section 4.1.          Representations
and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall be correct as of the date of this
Agreement and at the time of the Closing.


 


Section 4.2.          Performance;
No Default. The Company shall have performed and complied with all agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement required
to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Closing. Before and after giving effect to the issue and sale of the
Notes (and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated by Section 5.14), no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing and no Control Event and no Change in Control shall have occurred. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary shall have entered into any transaction since April 30, 2018 that would have been prohibited by Section 10
had such Section applied since such date.


 


Section 4.3.          Compliance
Certificates.


 


(a)          Officer’s
Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser an Officer’s Certificate, dated the date of the Closing,
certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.1, 4.2 and 4.9 have been fulfilled.


 


(b)          Secretary’s
Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to such Purchaser a certificate of its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, dated
the date of the Closing, certifying as to (i) the resolutions attached thereto and other corporate proceedings relating to
the authorization, execution and delivery of the Notes and this Agreement and (ii) the Company’s organizational documents
as then in effect.


 




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Section 4.4.          Opinions
of Counsel. Such Purchaser shall have received opinions, dated the date of the Closing, (a) from Dechert LLP, counsel
for the Company, in the form set forth on Schedule 4.4(a) (and the Company hereby instructs its counsel to deliver such opinion
to the Purchasers) and (b) from Chapman and Cutler LLP, the Purchasers’ special counsel in connection with such transactions,
substantially in the form set forth in Schedule 4.4(b) and covering such other matters incident to such transactions as such
Purchaser may reasonably request.


 


Section 4.5.          Purchase
Permitted by Applicable Law, Etc. On the date of the Closing such Purchaser’s purchase of Notes shall (a) be permitted
by the laws and regulations of each jurisdiction to which such Purchaser is subject, without recourse to provisions (such as section 1405(a)(8)
of the New York Insurance Law) permitting limited investments by insurance companies without restriction as to the character of
the particular investment, (b) not violate any applicable law or regulation (including Regulation T, U or X of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and (c) not subject such Purchaser to any tax, penalty or liability under or pursuant
to any applicable law or regulation, which law or regulation was not in effect on the date hereof. If requested by such Purchaser,
such Purchaser shall have received an Officer’s Certificate certifying as to such matters of fact as such Purchaser may reasonably
specify to enable such Purchaser to determine whether such purchase is so permitted.


 


Section 4.6.          Sale
of Other Notes. Contemporaneously with the Closing the Company shall sell to each other Purchaser and each other Purchaser
shall purchase the Notes to be purchased by it at the Closing as specified in the Purchaser Schedule.


 


Section 4.7.          Payment
of Special Counsel Fees. Without limiting Section 15.1, the Company shall have paid on or before the Closing the reasonable
fees, charges and disbursements of the Purchasers’ special counsel referred to in Section 4.4 to the extent reflected
in a statement of such counsel rendered to the Company at least one Business Day prior to the Closing.


 


Section 4.8.          Private
Placement Number. A Private Placement Number issued by Standard & Poor’s CUSIP Service Bureau (in cooperation with
the SVO) shall have been obtained for the Notes.


 


Section 4.9.          Changes
in Corporate Structure. The Company shall not have changed its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as applicable,
or been a party to any merger or consolidation or succeeded to all or any substantial part of the liabilities of any other entity,
at any time following the date of the most recent financial statements referred to in Schedule 5.5.


 


Section 4.10.         Funding
Instructions. At least three Business Days prior to the date of the Closing, each Purchaser shall have received written instructions
signed by a Responsible Officer on letterhead of the Company confirming the information specified in Section 3, including
(a) the name and address of the transferee bank, (b) such transferee bank’s ABA number and (c) the account
name and number into which the purchase price for the Notes is to be deposited.


 




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Section 4.11.         Rating.
The Notes shall have received a Rating of “BBB (low)” or better by DBRS.


 


Section 4.12.         [Reserved.]


 


Section 4.13.         Consent
of Holders of Other Indebtedness. On or prior to the date of the Closing, any consents or approvals required to be obtained
from any holder or holders of any outstanding Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries and any amendments of agreements
pursuant to which any Indebtedness may have been issued which shall be necessary to permit the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby shall have been obtained (and shall be in full force and effect on the date of the Closing) and shall be satisfactory
to such Purchaser and its special counsel.


 


Section 4.14.         Proceedings
and Documents. All corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all
documents and instruments incident to such transactions shall be satisfactory to such Purchaser and its special counsel, and such
Purchaser and its special counsel shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents
as such Purchaser or such special counsel may reasonably request.


 


Section 5.          Representations
and Warranties of the Company.


 


The Company represents
and warrants to each Purchaser that as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing.


 


Section 5.1.          Organization;
Power and Authority. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing
would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has the corporate
power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties it purports to own or hold under lease, to transact the business
it transacts and proposes to transact, to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Notes and to perform the provisions hereof
and thereof.


 


Section 5.2.          Authorization,
Etc. This Agreement and the Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, and
this Agreement constitutes, and upon execution and delivery thereof each Note will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.


 




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Section 5.3.          Disclosure.
The Company, through its agents, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., have delivered to each
Purchaser a copy of an Investor Presentation, dated May, 2018 (the “Investor Presentation”), relating to the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Investor Presentation, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2017 (“Form 10-K”) and the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months
ended March 31, 2018 (“Form 10-Q”), each incorporated by reference therein, does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact. The Investor Presentation, including the Form 10-K and the Form 10-Q, fairly describes, in all material respects,
the general nature of the business and principal properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries. This Agreement, the Investor Presentation,
the financial statements listed in Schedule 5.5 and the documents, certificates or other writings delivered to the Purchasers
by or on behalf of the Company on or prior to June 27, 2018 in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby and identified in Schedule 5.3 (this Agreement, the Investor Presentation and such documents,
certificates or other writings and such financial statements delivered to each Purchaser being referred to, collectively, as the
“Disclosure Documents”), taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they
were made. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Documents, since December 31, 2017, there has been no change in the financial
condition, operations, business, properties or prospects of the Company or any Subsidiary, except changes that would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no fact known to the Company that would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth herein or in the Disclosure Documents.


 


Section 5.4.          Organization
and Ownership of Shares of Subsidiaries; Affiliates. (a) Schedule 5.4 contains (except as noted therein) complete
and correct lists of (i) the Company’s Subsidiaries, showing, as to each Subsidiary, the name thereof, the jurisdiction
of its organization, the percentage of shares of each class of its capital stock or similar equity interests outstanding owned
by the Company and each other Subsidiary and whether such Subsidiary is a Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) the Company’s Affiliates,
other than Subsidiaries, (iii) the External Manager and its Affiliates, and (iv) the Company’s directors and senior
officers.


 


(b)          All
of the outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of each Subsidiary shown in Schedule 5.4 as being owned
by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned by the Company or
another Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien that is prohibited by this Agreement.


 


(c)          Each
Subsidiary is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing and, where applicable, in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other legal entity and, where applicable,
is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required by law, other than those jurisdictions as to which
the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect. Each such Subsidiary has the corporate or other power and authority to own or hold under lease the properties
it purports to own or hold under lease and to transact the business it transacts and proposes to transact.


 




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(d)          No
Subsidiary is subject to any Material legal, regulatory, contractual or other restriction (other than the agreements listed on
Schedule 5.4 and customary limitations imposed by corporate law or similar statutes) restricting the ability of such Subsidiary
to pay dividends out of profits or make any other similar distributions of profits to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that
owns outstanding shares of capital stock or similar equity interests of such Subsidiary.


 


Section 5.5.          Financial
Statements; Material Liabilities. The Company has delivered to each Purchaser copies of the financial statements of the Company
and its Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.5. All of such financial statements (including in each case the related schedules
and notes) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of
the respective dates specified in such Schedule and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the respective
periods so specified and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved except
as set forth in the notes thereto (subject, in the case of any interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments).


 


Section 5.6.          Compliance
with Laws, Other Instruments, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Notes will
not (i) contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any Lien in respect
of any property of the Company or any Subsidiary under, (A) the corporate charter, by-laws or shareholders agreement of the Company
or any Subsidiary or (B) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, purchase or credit agreement, lease or any other agreement
or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is bound or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their respective
properties may be bound or affected, (ii) conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions
of any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority applicable to the Company or any Subsidiary
or (iii) violate any provision of any statute or other rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to the
Company or any Subsidiary, except where any of the foregoing (other than clause (i)(A) above), individually or in the aggregate,
would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.


 


Section 5.7.          Governmental
Authorizations, Etc. No consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental
Authority is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or the Notes,
other than any filing required under the Exchange Act or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder on Form 8-K, Form 10-Q
or Form 10-K, any notice required or permitted under Rule 135c of the Securities Act or any filing required under Rule 482 or Rule 497
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Section 5.8.          Litigation;
Observance of Agreements, Statutes and Orders. (a) There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending
or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any Subsidiary or any property of the
Company or any Subsidiary in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any Governmental Authority that would,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(b)          Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is (i) in default under any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is
bound, (ii) in violation of any order, judgment, decree or ruling of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority or (iii) in
violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority (including Environmental Laws, the
USA PATRIOT Act or any of the other laws and regulations that are referred to in Section 5.16), which default or violation
would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


 


Section 5.9.          Taxes.
The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns that are required to have been filed in any jurisdiction, and have
paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes and assessments levied upon them or their properties,
assets, income or franchises, to the extent such taxes and assessments have become due and payable and before they have become
delinquent, except for any taxes and assessments (i) where the failure to file or pay, individually or in the aggregate, would
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) the amount, applicability or validity of which is
currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the Company or a Subsidiary, as the
case may be, has established adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP. The Company knows of no basis for any other tax or assessment
that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company reasonably
believes that the charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of U.S. federal, state
or other taxes for all fiscal periods are adequate.


 


Section 5.10.         Title
to Property; Leases. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and sufficient title to their respective properties that individually
or in the aggregate are Material, including all such properties reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to
in Section 5.5 or purported to have been acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary after such date (except as sold or otherwise
disposed of in the ordinary course of business), in each case free and clear of Liens prohibited by this Agreement. All leases
that individually or in the aggregate are Material are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect in all material respects.


 


Section 5.11.         Licenses,
Permits, Etc. (a) The Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess all licenses, permits, franchises, authorizations, patents,
copyrights, proprietary software, service marks, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto, that individually or in the aggregate
are Material, without known conflict with the rights of others, except for any such conflicts that, individually or in the aggregate,
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(b)          To
the best knowledge of the Company, no product or service of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes in any material respect
any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent, copyright, proprietary software, service mark, trademark, trade name or
other right owned by any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(c)          To
the best knowledge of the Company, there is no violation by any Person of any right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with
respect to any license, permit, franchise, authorization, patent, copyright, proprietary software, service mark, trademark, trade
name or other right owned or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for any such violations that, individually
in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.


 


Section 5.12.         Compliance
with Employee Benefit Plans.


 


Except as would not
be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:


 


(a)         The Company
and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and administered each Plan in compliance with all applicable laws. Neither the Company nor
any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions
of the Code relating to employee benefit plans (as defined in section 3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition
has occurred or exists that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any
such liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets
of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or to section 430(k) of the
Code or to any such penalty or excise tax provisions under the Code or federal law or section 4068 of ERISA or by the granting
of a security interest in connection with the amendment of a Plan.


 


(b)          The
present value of the aggregate benefit liabilities under each of the Plans (other than Multiemployer Plans), determined as of the
end of such Plan’s most recently ended plan year on the basis of the actuarial assumptions specified for funding purposes
in such Plan’s most recent actuarial valuation report, did not exceed the aggregate current value of the assets of such Plan
allocable to such benefit liabilities. The present value of the accrued benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each
Non-U.S. Plan that is funded, determined as of the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal year on the basis of reasonable
actuarial assumptions, did not exceed the current value of the assets of such Non-U.S. Plan allocable to such benefit liabilities.
The term “benefit liabilities” has the meaning specified in section 4001 of ERISA and the terms “current
value” and “present value” have the meaning specified in section 3 of ERISA.


 


(c)          The
Company and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred (i) withdrawal liabilities (and are not subject to contingent withdrawal liabilities)
under section 4201 or 4204 of ERISA in respect of Multiemployer Plans or (ii) any obligation in connection with the termination
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(d)          The
expected postretirement benefit obligation (determined as of the last day of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal year
in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 715-60, without regard to liabilities
attributable to continuation coverage mandated by section 4980B of the Code) of the Company and its Subsidiaries is not Material.


 


(e)          The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the issuance and sale of the Notes hereunder will not involve any transaction that
is subject to the prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA or in connection with which a tax could be imposed pursuant to section 4975(c)(1)(A)-(D)
of the Code. The representation by the Company to each Purchaser in the first sentence of this Section 5.12(e) is made in
reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of such Purchaser’s representation in Section 6.2 as to the sources of the
funds to be used to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser.


 


(f)          All
Non-U.S. Plans have been established, operated, administered and maintained in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders
applicable thereto. All premiums, contributions and any other amounts required by applicable Non-U.S. Plan documents or applicable
laws to be paid or accrued by the Company and its Subsidiaries have been paid or accrued as required.


 


Section 5.13.         Private
Offering by the Company. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered, within six months prior to the date
of this Agreement, the Notes or any similar Securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy the Notes or any similar Securities
from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any Person other than the Purchasers and not more than 20
other Institutional Investors, each of which has been offered the Notes at a private sale for investment. Neither the Company nor
anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the registration
requirements of section 5 of the Securities Act or to the registration requirements of any Securities or blue sky laws of
any applicable jurisdiction, other than, in the case of “Blue Sky” regulations, mandatory notice or other filings.


 


Section 5.14.         Use
of Proceeds; Margin Regulations. The Company will apply the proceeds of the sale of the Notes hereunder as set forth in “Summary
of Indicative Terms and Conditions” of the Investor Presentation. No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder
will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of buying or carrying any margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (12 CFR 221), or for the purpose of buying or carrying or trading in any
Securities under such circumstances as to involve the Company in a violation of Regulation X of said Board (12 CFR 224) or to involve
any broker or dealer in a violation of Regulation T of said Board (12 CFR 220). Margin stock does not constitute more than 10%
of the value of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company does not have any present intention
that margin stock will constitute more than 10% of the value of such assets. As used in this Section, the terms “margin
stock” and “purpose of buying or carrying” shall have the meanings assigned to them in said Regulation
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Section 5.15.         Existing
Indebtedness; Future Liens. (a) Except as described therein, Schedule 5.15 sets forth a complete and correct list
of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2018 (including descriptions of the obligors
and obligees, principal amounts outstanding, any collateral therefor and any Guaranty thereof), since which date there has been
no Material change in the amounts, interest rates, sinking funds, installment payments or maturities of the Indebtedness of the
Company or its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default, and no waiver of default is currently in effect,
in the payment of any principal or interest on any Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary and no event or condition exists
with respect to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary that would permit (or that with notice or the lapse of time,
or both, would permit) one or more Persons to cause such Indebtedness to become due and payable before its stated maturity or before
its regularly scheduled dates of payment.


 


(b)          Except
as disclosed in Schedule 5.15, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has agreed or consented to cause or permit any of its
property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject to a Lien that secures Indebtedness or to cause or permit in the
future (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be subject
to a Lien that secures Indebtedness.


 


(c)          Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing Indebtedness
of the Company or such Subsidiary, any agreement relating thereto or any other agreement (including its charter or any other organizational
document) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Indebtedness of the Company, except
as disclosed in Schedule 5.15.


 


Section 5.16.         Foreign
Assets Control Regulations, Etc. (a) Neither the Company nor any Controlled Entity (i) is a Blocked Person, (ii) has
been notified that its name appears or may in the future appear on a State Sanctions List or (iii) is a target of sanctions
that have been imposed by the United Nations or the European Union.


 


(b)          Neither
the Company nor any Controlled Entity (i) has violated, been found in violation of, or been charged or convicted under, any
applicable U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Anti-Corruption Laws or (ii) to the Company’s
knowledge, is under investigation by any Governmental Authority for possible violation of any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws, Anti-Money
Laundering Laws or Anti-Corruption Laws.


 


(c)          No
part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder: 


 


(i)          constitutes
or will constitute funds obtained on behalf of any Blocked Person or will otherwise be used by the Company or any Controlled Entity,
directly or indirectly, (A) in connection with any investment in, or any transactions or dealings with, any Blocked Person,
(B) for any purpose that would cause any Purchaser to be in violation of any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws or (C) otherwise
in violation of any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws;


 


(ii)         will
be used, directly or indirectly, in violation of, or cause any Purchaser to be in violation of, any applicable Anti-Money Laundering
Laws; or


 


(iii)        will
be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of making any improper payments, including bribes, to any Governmental Official
or commercial counterparty in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in each case which would
be in violation of, or cause any Purchaser to be in violation of, any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.


 




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(d)          The
Company has established procedures and controls which it reasonably believes are adequate (and otherwise comply with applicable
law) to ensure that the Company and each Controlled Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable U.S. Economic
Sanctions Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws.


 


Section 5.17.         Status
under Certain Statutes. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 2005, the ICC Termination Act of 1995 or the Federal Power Act.


 


Section 5.18.         Environmental
Matters. (a) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any claim or has received any notice of any claim
and no proceeding has been instituted asserting any claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
real properties or other assets now or formerly owned, leased or operated by any of them, alleging any damage to the environment
or violation of any Environmental Laws, except, in each case, such as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.


 


(b)          Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has knowledge of any facts which would give rise to any claim, public or private, of violation of
Environmental Laws or damage to the environment emanating from, occurring on or in any way related to real properties now or formerly
owned, leased or operated by any of them or to other assets or their use, except, in each case, such as would not, individually
or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(c)          Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has stored any Hazardous Materials on real properties now or formerly owned, leased or operated
by any of them in a manner which is contrary to any Environmental Law that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(d)          Neither
the Company nor any Subsidiary has disposed of any Hazardous Materials in a manner which is contrary to any Environmental Law that
would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.


 


(e)          All
buildings on all real properties now owned, leased or operated by the Company or any Subsidiary are in compliance with applicable
Environmental Laws, except where failure to comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result
in a Material Adverse Effect.


 


Section 5.19.         Investment
Company Act.


 


(a)          Status
as Business Development Company and RIC. The Company has elected to be regulated as a “business development company”
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act and intends to qualify annually as a RIC.


 




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(b)          Compliance
with Investment Company Act. The business and other activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including the issuance
of the Notes hereunder, the application of the proceeds and repayment thereof by the Company, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement do not result in a violation or breach in any material respect of the provisions of the Investment
Company Act or any rules, regulations or orders issued by the SEC thereunder, in each case that are applicable to the Company and
its Subsidiaries.


 


Section 6.          Representations
of the Purchasers.


 


Section 6.1.          Purchase
for Investment. Each Purchaser severally represents that it is purchasing the Notes for its own account or for one or more
separate accounts maintained by such Purchaser or for the account of one or more pension or trust funds and not with a view to
the distribution thereof, provided that the disposition of such Purchaser’s or their property shall at all times be
within such Purchaser’s or their control. Each Purchaser understands that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities
Act and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration
is available, except under circumstances where neither such registration nor such an exemption is required by law, and that the
Company is not required to register the Notes.


 


Section 6.2.          Source
of Funds. Each Purchaser severally represents that at least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as
to each source of funds (a “Source”) to be used by such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of the Notes to
be purchased by such Purchaser hereunder:


 


(a)          the
Source is an “insurance company general account” (as the term is defined in the United States Department of Labor’s
Prohibited Transaction Exemption (“PTE”) 95-60) in respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined
by the annual statement for life insurance companies approved by the NAIC (the “NAIC Annual Statement”)) for
the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan together with the amount of the reserves and
liabilities for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans maintained by the same
employer (or affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95-60) or by the same employee organization in the general account do not exceed
10% of the total reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set
forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with such Purchaser’s state of domicile; or


 


(b)          the
Source is a separate account that is maintained solely in connection with such Purchaser’s fixed contractual obligations
under which the amounts payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such
separate account (or to any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are not affected in any manner by
the investment performance of the separate account; or


 


(c)          the
Source is either (i) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1 or (ii) a bank collective
investment fund, within the meaning of the PTE 91-38 and, except as disclosed by such Purchaser to the Company in writing pursuant
to this clause (c), no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially
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(d)          the
Source constitutes assets of an “investment fund” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14 (the “QPAM Exemption”))
managed by a “qualified professional asset manager” or “QPAM” (within the meaning of Part VI of the QPAM
Exemption), no employee benefit plan’s assets that are managed by the QPAM in such investment fund, when combined with the
assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning
of Part VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization and managed by such QPAM, represent
more than 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied,
neither the QPAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the QPAM maintains an ownership interest in the Company that would cause
the QPAM and the Company to be “related” within the meaning of Part VI(h) of the QPAM Exemption and (i) the identity
of such QPAM and (ii) the names of any employee benefit plans whose assets in the investment fund, when combined with the
assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning
of Part VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization, represent 10% or more of the assets
of such investment fund, have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (d); or


 


(e)          the
Source constitutes assets of a “plan(s)” (within the meaning of Part IV(h) of PTE 96-23 (the “INHAM Exemption”))
managed by an “in-house asset manager” or “INHAM” (within the meaning of Part IV(a) of the INHAM Exemption),
the conditions of Part I(a), (g) and (h) of the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a person controlling or controlled
by the INHAM (applying the definition of “control” in Part IV(d)(3) of the INHAM Exemption) owns a 10% or more interest
in the Company and (i) the identity of such INHAM and (ii) the name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute
the Source have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (e); or


 


(f)          the
Source is a governmental plan; or


 


(g)          the
Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans,
each of which has been identified to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (g); or


 


(h)          the
Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan exempt from the coverage of ERISA.


 


As used in this Section 6.2, the terms
“employee benefit plan,” “governmental plan,” and “separate account” shall have
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Section 7.          Information
as to Company.


 


Section 7.1.          Financial
and Business Information. The Company shall deliver to each Purchaser and each holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor:


 


(a)          Quarterly
Statements — within 45 days (or such shorter period as is the earlier of (x) 15 days greater than the period applicable
to the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Form 10-Q”) with the SEC,
regardless of whether the Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof, and (y) the date by which such financial
statements are required to be delivered under any Material Credit Facility or the date on which such corresponding financial statements
are delivered under any Material Credit Facility if such delivery occurs earlier than such required delivery date) after the end
of each quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year of the Company (other than the last quarterly fiscal period of each such fiscal
year), duplicate copies of,


 


(i)          a
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and


 


(ii)         consolidated
statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries, for such quarter
and (in the case of the second and third quarters) for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such quarter,


 


setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the corresponding periods in the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance
with GAAP applicable to quarterly financial statements generally, and certified by a Senior Financial Officer as fairly presenting,
in all material respects, the financial position of the companies being reported on and their results of operations and cash flows,
subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments;


 


(b)          Annual
Statements — within 90 days (or such shorter period as is the earlier of (x) 15 days greater than the period applicable
to the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) with the SEC regardless
of whether the Company is subject to the filing requirements thereof and (y) the date by which such financial statements are
required to be delivered under any Material Credit Facility or the date on which such corresponding financial statements are delivered
under any Material Credit Facility if such delivery occurs earlier than such required delivery date) after the end of each fiscal
year of the Company, duplicate copies of


 


(i)          a
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, and


 


(ii)         consolidated
statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year,


 




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setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied
by an opinion thereon (without a “going concern” or similar qualification or exception and without any qualification
or exception as to the scope of the audit on which such opinion is based) of independent public accountants of recognized national
standing, which opinion shall state that such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position
of the companies being reported upon and their results of operations and cash flows and have been prepared in conformity with GAAP,
and that the examination of such accountants in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards, and that such audit provides a reasonable basis for such opinion in the circumstances;


 


(c)          SEC
and Other Reports — promptly upon their becoming available, one copy of (i) each financial statement, report, notice,
proxy statement or similar document sent by the Company or any Subsidiary (x) to its creditors under any Material Credit Facility
(excluding information sent to such creditors in the ordinary course of administration of a credit facility, such as information
relating to pricing and borrowing availability) or (y) to its public Securities holders generally, and (ii) each regular
or periodic report, each registration statement (without exhibits except as expressly requested by such holder), and each prospectus
and all amendments thereto filed by the Company or any Subsidiary with the SEC and of all press releases and other statements made
available generally by the Company or any Subsidiary to the public concerning developments that are Material;


 


(d)          Notice
of Default or Event of Default — promptly, and in any event within 10 days after a Responsible Officer becoming
aware of the existence of any Default or Event of Default or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect
to a claimed default hereunder or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default of
the type referred to in Section 11(f), a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action
the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;


 


(e)          Employee
Benefits Matters — promptly, and in any event within 10 days after a Responsible Officer becoming aware of any of
the following, a written notice setting forth the nature thereof and the action, if any, that the Company or an ERISA Affiliate
proposes to take with respect thereto:


 


(i)          with
respect to any Plan, any reportable event, as defined in section 4043(c) of ERISA and the regulations thereunder, for which
notice thereof has not been waived pursuant to such regulations as in effect on the date hereof;


 


(ii)         the
taking by the PBGC of steps to institute, or the threatening by the PBGC of the institution of, proceedings under section 4042
of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan, or the receipt by the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate of a notice from a Multiemployer Plan that such action has been taken by the PBGC with respect to such Multiemployer
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(iii)        any
event, transaction or condition that could result in the incurrence of any liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant
to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, or in the
imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pursuant to Title I
or IV of ERISA or such penalty or excise tax provisions, if such liability or Lien, taken together with any other such liabilities
or Liens then existing, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or


 


(iv)        receipt
of notice of the imposition of a Material financial penalty (which for this purpose shall mean any tax, penalty or other liability,
whether by way of indemnity or otherwise) with respect to one or more Non-U.S. Plans;


 


(f)          Notices
from Governmental Authority – promptly, and in any event within 30 days of receipt thereof, copies of any notice to the
Company or any Subsidiary from any Governmental Authority relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or regulation that
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;


 


(g)          Resignation
or Replacement of Auditors – within 10 days following the date on which the Company’s auditors resign or the Company
elects to change auditors, as the case may be, notification thereof, together with such further information as the Required Holders
may request;


 


(h)          Other
Material Developments – with reasonable promptness, any other development that results in, or would reasonably be expected
to result in, a Material Adverse Effect; and


 


(i)          Requested
Information – with reasonable promptness, such other data and information relating to the business, operations, affairs,
financial condition, assets or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or relating to the ability of the Company to
perform its obligations hereunder and under the Notes as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any such Purchaser or
holder of a Note.


 


Section 7.2.          Officer’s
Certificate. Each set of financial statements delivered to a Purchaser or a holder of a Note pursuant to Section 7.1(a)
or Section 7.1(b) shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer:


 


(a)          Covenant
Compliance — setting forth the information from such financial statements that is required in order to establish whether
the Company was in compliance with the requirements of Section 10.6 during the quarterly or annual period covered by the financial
statements then being furnished (including with respect to each such provision that involves mathematical calculations, the information
from such financial statements that is required to perform such calculations) and detailed calculations of the maximum or minimum
amount, ratio or percentage, as the case may be, permissible under the terms of such Section, and the calculation of the amount,
ratio or percentage then in existence. In the event that the Company or any Subsidiary has made an election to measure any financial
liability using fair value (which election is being disregarded for purposes of determining compliance with this Agreement pursuant
to Section 22.2) as to the period covered by any such financial statement, such Senior Financial Officer’s certificate
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(b)          Event
of Default — certifying that such Senior Financial Officer has reviewed the relevant terms hereof and has made, or caused
to be made, under his or her supervision, a review of the transactions and conditions of the Company and its Subsidiaries from
the beginning of the quarterly or annual period covered by the statements then being furnished to the date of the certificate and
that such review shall not have disclosed the existence during such period of any condition or event that constitutes a Default
or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or event existed or exists (including any such event or condition resulting from
the failure of the Company or any Subsidiary to comply with any Environmental Law), specifying the nature and period of existence
thereof and what action the Company shall have taken or proposes to take with respect thereto; and


 


(c)          Subsidiary
Guarantors — setting forth a list of all Subsidiaries that are Subsidiary Guarantors and certifying that each Subsidiary
that is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 9.7 is a Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case, as of the date
of such certificate of Senior Financial Officer.


 


Section 7.3.          Visitation.
The Company shall permit the representatives of each Purchaser and each holder of a Note that is an Institutional Investor:


 


(a)          No
Default — if no Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of such holder and upon reasonable prior notice
to the Company, to visit the principal executive office of the Company, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company
and its Subsidiaries with the Company’s officers, and (with the consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably
withheld) its independent public accountants, and (with the consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld)
to visit the other offices and properties of the Company and each Subsidiary, all at such reasonable times and as often as may
be reasonably requested in writing, provided, that the visitation rights set forth in this Section 7.3(a) may only
be exercised twice per calendar year by a holder of the Notes; and


 


(b)          Default
— if a Default or Event of Default then exists, at the expense of the Company and upon reasonable prior notice to the Company,
to visit and inspect any of the offices or properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, to examine all their respective books of
account, records, reports and other papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances
and accounts with their respective officers and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Company authorizes said
accountants to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Company and its Subsidiaries), all at such times and as often
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Section 7.4.          Electronic
Delivery. Financial statements, opinions of independent certified public accountants, other information and Officer’s
Certificates that are required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to Sections 7.1(a), (b) or (c) and Section 7.2 shall
be deemed to have been delivered if the Company satisfies any of the following requirements with respect thereto:


 


(a)          such
financial statements satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or (b) and related Officer’s Certificate satisfying
the requirements of Section 7.2 and any other information required under Section 7.1(c) are delivered to each Purchaser
and holder of a Note by e-mail at the e-mail address set forth in such holder’s Purchaser Schedule or as communicated from
time to time in a separate writing delivered to the Company;


 


(b)          the
Company shall have filed such Form 10-Q or Form 10-K, satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b),
as the case may be, with the SEC on EDGAR and shall have made such form and the related Officer’s Certificate satisfying
the requirements of Section 7.2 available on its home page on the internet, which is located at http://www.whitehorsefinance.com
as of the date of this Agreement, or shall have delivered such certificate to each holder of a Note by e-mail at the e-mail address
set forth in such holder’s Purchaser Schedule or as communicated from time to time in a separate writing delivered to the
Company;


 


(c)          such
financial statements satisfying the requirements of Section 7.1(a) or Section 7.1(b) and related Officer’s Certificate(s)
satisfying the requirements of Section 7.2 and any other information required under Section 7.1(c) are timely posted
by or on behalf of the Company on IntraLinks or on any other similar website to which each holder of Notes has free access; or


 


(d)          the
Company shall have filed any of the items referred to in Section 7.1(c) with the SEC on EDGAR and shall have made such items
available on its home page on the internet or on IntraLinks or on any other similar website to which each holder of Notes has free
access;


 


provided however, that in the case
of any of clauses (b), (c) or (d), the Company shall have given each holder of a Note prior written notice, which may be by
e-mail, included in the Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.2 or in accordance with Section 18, of
such posting or filing in connection with each delivery, provided further, that upon request of any holder to receive paper
copies of such forms, financial statements, other information and Officer’s Certificates or to receive them by e-mail, the
Company will promptly e-mail them or deliver such paper copies, as the case may be, to such holder.


 




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Section 8.          Payment
and Prepayment of the Notes.


 


Section 8.1.          Maturity.
As provided therein, the entire unpaid principal balance of each Note shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date thereof.


 


Section 8.2.          Optional
Prepayments with Make-Whole Amount. The Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided below, prepay at any time all,
or from time to time any part of, the Notes, in an amount not less than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding in the case of a partial prepayment, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, and the Make-Whole Amount determined
for the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount; provided, that at any time on or after February 7, 2023,
the Company may, at its option, upon notice as provided below, prepay all or any part of the Notes at 100% of the principal amount
so prepaid, together with accrued interest to the prepayment date, but without Make-Whole Amount or other premium. The Company
will give each holder of Notes written notice of each optional prepayment under this Section 8.2 not less than 10 days and
not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for such prepayment unless the Company and the Required Holders agree to another
time period pursuant to Section 17. Each such notice shall specify such date (which shall be a Business Day), the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid on such date, the principal amount of each Note held by such holder to be prepaid (determined
in accordance with Section 8.3), and the interest to be paid on the prepayment date with respect to such principal amount
being prepaid, and shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer as to the estimated Make-Whole Amount due
in connection with such prepayment (calculated as if the date of such notice were the date of the prepayment), setting forth the
details of such computation. Two Business Days prior to such prepayment, the Company shall deliver to each holder of Notes a certificate
of a Senior Financial Officer specifying the calculation of such Make-Whole Amount as of the specified prepayment date.


 


Section 8.3.          Allocation
of Partial Prepayments. In the case of each partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to Section 8.2, the principal amount
of the Notes to be prepaid shall be allocated among all of the Notes at the time outstanding in proportion, as nearly as practicable,
to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof not theretofore called for prepayment. All partial prepayments pursuant to Section
8.8 shall be applied only to the Notes of the holders who have accepted the offer of prepayment and shall be allocated among all
such Notes in proportion, as nearly as practicable, to the respective unpaid principal amounts thereof and not theretofore called
for prepayment.


 


Section 8.4.          Maturity;
Surrender, Etc. In the case of each prepayment of Notes pursuant to this Section 8, the principal amount of
each Note to be prepaid shall mature and become due and payable on the date fixed for such prepayment, together with interest on
such principal amount accrued to such date and the applicable Make-Whole Amount, if any. From and after such date, unless the Company
shall fail to pay such principal amount when so due and payable, together with the interest and Make-Whole Amount, if any, as aforesaid,
interest on such principal amount shall cease to accrue. Any Note paid or prepaid in full shall be surrendered to the Company and
cancelled and shall not be reissued, and no Note shall be issued in lieu of any prepaid principal amount of any Note.


 




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Section 8.5.          Purchase
of Notes. The Company will not and will not permit any Affiliate to purchase, redeem, prepay or otherwise acquire, directly
or indirectly, any of the outstanding Notes except (a) upon the payment or prepayment of the Notes in accordance with this Agreement
and the Notes or (b) pursuant to an offer to purchase made by the Company or an Affiliate pro rata to the holders of all Notes
at the time outstanding upon the same terms and conditions. Any such offer shall provide each holder with sufficient information
to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to such offer, and shall remain open for at least 10 Business Days.
If the holders of more than 25% of the principal amount of the Notes then outstanding accept such offer, the Company shall promptly
notify the remaining holders of such fact and the expiration date for the acceptance by holders of Notes of such offer shall be
extended by the number of days necessary to give each holder at least five Business Days from its receipt of such notice to accept
such offer. The Company will promptly cancel all Notes acquired by it or any Affiliate pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase
of Notes pursuant to this Agreement and no Notes may be issued in substitution or exchange for any such Notes.


 


Section 8.6.          Make-Whole
Amount. The term “Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess, if
any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such Note over the amount
of such Called Principal, provided that the Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero. For the purposes of determining
the Make-Whole Amount, the following terms have the following meanings:


 


“Called
Principal” means, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 8.2
or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the context requires.


 


“Discounted
Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled
Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to
such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis
as that on which interest on the Notes is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal.


 


“Reinvestment
Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the sum of (a) 0.50% plus (b) the yield to
maturity implied by the “Ask Yield(s)” reported as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding
the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, on the display designated as “Page PX1” (or such other display
as may replace Page PX1) on Bloomberg Financial Markets for the most recently issued actively traded on-the-run U.S. Treasury securities
(“Reported”) having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement
Date. If there are no such U.S. Treasury securities Reported having a maturity equal to such Remaining Average Life, then such
implied yield to maturity will be determined by (i) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond equivalent yields in
accordance with accepted financial practice and (ii) interpolating linearly between the “Ask Yields” Reported
for the applicable most recently issued actively traded on-the-run U.S. Treasury securities with the maturities (1) closest
to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life. The Reinvestment
Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable Note.


 




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If such yields
are not Reported or the yields Reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), then “Reinvestment
Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the sum of (x) 0.50% plus (y) the yield to
maturity implied by the U.S. Treasury constant maturity yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so
reported as of the second Business Day preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15 (or any comparable successor publication) for the U.S. Treasury constant maturity having a term equal
to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. If there is no such U.S. Treasury constant maturity
having a term equal to such Remaining Average Life, such implied yield to maturity will be determined by interpolating linearly
between (1) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity so reported with the term closest to and greater than such Remaining Average
Life and (2) the U.S. Treasury constant maturity so reported with the term closest to and less than such Remaining Average
Life. The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable
Note.


 


“Remaining
Average Life” means, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) such Called
Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled
Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (b) the number of years, computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised
of twelve 30-day months and calculated to two decimal places, that will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such
Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment.


 


“Remaining
Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and
interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called
Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date, provided that if such Settlement Date is not a date on which interest
payments are due to be made under the Notes, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced
by the amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 8.2
or Section 12.1.


 


“Settlement
Date” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid
pursuant to Section 8.2 or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1, as the
context requires.


 


Section 8.7.          Payments
Due on Non-Business Days. Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, (x) except
as set forth in clause (y), any payment of interest on any Note that is due on a date that is not a Business Day shall be
made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable
on such next succeeding Business Day; and (y) any payment of principal of, Make-Whole Amount on any Note (including principal
due on the Maturity Date of such Note) that is due on a date that is not a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business
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Section 8.8.          Change
in Control.


 


(a)          Notice
of Change in Control.  The Company (i) may, following the occurrence of any Control Event, and (ii) will, within thirty Business
Days after any Responsible Officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Change in Control, give written notice of such Change
in Control or Control Event to each holder of Notes. Such notice shall contain and constitute an offer to prepay Notes as described
in subparagraph (c) of this Section 8.8 and shall be accompanied by the certificate described in subparagraph (g) of this Section
8.8.


 


(b)          [Reserved].


 


(c)          Offer
to Prepay Notes. The offer to prepay Notes contemplated by subparagraph (a) of this Section 8.8 shall be an offer to prepay,
in accordance with and subject to this Section 8.8, all, but not less than all, the Notes held by each holder (in this case only,
“holder” in respect of any Note registered in the name of a nominee for a disclosed beneficial owner shall mean
such beneficial owner) on a date specified in such offer (the “Section 8.8 Proposed Prepayment Date”). Such
date shall be not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days after the date of such offer (if the Section 8.8 Proposed
Prepayment Date shall not be specified in such offer, the Section 8.8 Proposed Prepayment Date shall be the first Business
Day after the 45th day after the date of such offer).


 


(d)          Acceptance/Rejection.
A holder of Notes may accept the offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.8 by causing a notice of such acceptance to be
delivered to the Company not later than 15 Business Days after receipt by such holder of the most recent offer of prepayment.
A failure by a holder of Notes to respond to an offer to prepay made pursuant to this Section 8.8 shall be deemed to constitute
rejection of such offer by such holder.


 


(e)          Prepayment.
Prepayment of the Notes to be prepaid pursuant to this Section 8.8 shall be at 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, together
with interest on such Notes accrued to, but excluding, the date of prepayment, but without Make-Whole Amount or other premium.


 


(f)          [Reserved].


 


(g)          Officer’s
Certificate.  Each offer to prepay the Notes pursuant to this Section 8.8 shall be accompanied by a certificate, executed by
a Senior Financial Officer of the Company and dated the date of such offer, specifying: (i) the Section 8.8 Proposed Prepayment
Date; (ii) that such offer is made pursuant to this Section 8.8; (iii) the principal amount of each Note offered to be
prepaid; (iv) the interest that would be due on each Note offered to be prepaid, accrued to, but excluding, the Section 8.8
Proposed Prepayment Date; (v) that the conditions of this Section 8.8 have been fulfilled; and (vi) in reasonable detail,
the nature and date of the Change in Control or Control Event, as the case may be.


 




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Section 9.          Affirmative
Covenants.


 


From the date of this
Agreement until the Closing and thereafter, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company covenants that:


 


Section 9.1.          Compliance
with Laws. Without limiting Section 10.4, the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all
laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is subject (including ERISA, Environmental Laws, the
USA PATRIOT Act and the other laws and regulations that are referred to in Section 5.16) and will obtain and maintain in effect
all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of their respective
properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance
with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in effect such licenses, certificates,
permits, franchises and other governmental authorizations would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.


 


Section 9.2.          Insurance.
The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance
with respect to their respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms
and in such amounts (including deductibles, co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with respect thereto)
as is customary in the case of entities of established reputations engaged in the same or a similar business and similarly situated.


 


Section 9.3.          Maintenance
of Properties. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and
kept, their respective properties in good repair, working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the
business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, provided that this Section 9.3
shall not prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if
such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and the Company has concluded that such discontinuance would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.


 


Section 9.4.          Payment
of Taxes and Claims. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, file all tax returns required to be filed
in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments,
governmental charges, or levies imposed on them or any of their properties, assets, income or franchises, to the extent the same
have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent and all claims for which sums have become due and payable that
have or might become a Lien on properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, provided that neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary need pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim if (i) the amount, applicability or validity thereof
is contested by the Company or such Subsidiary on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate proceedings, and the Company
or a Subsidiary has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary
or (ii) the nonpayment of all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies and claims would not, individually or in the aggregate,
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Section 9.5.          Corporate
Existence, Etc. Subject to Section 10.2, the Company will at all times preserve and keep its corporate existence in full
force and effect. Subject to Section 10.2, the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate
existence of each of its Subsidiaries (unless merged into the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) and all rights and franchises
of the Company and its Subsidiaries unless, in the good faith judgment of the Company, the termination of or failure to preserve
and keep in full force and effect such corporate existence, right or franchise would not, individually or in the aggregate, have
a Material Adverse Effect.


 


Section 9.6.          Books
and Records. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain proper books of record and account in conformity
with GAAP and all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having legal or regulatory jurisdiction over the Company
or such Subsidiary, as the case may be. The Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep books, records and accounts
which, in reasonable detail, accurately reflect all transactions and dispositions of assets. The Company and its Subsidiaries have
devised a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that their respective books, records,
and accounts accurately reflect all transactions and dispositions of assets and the Company will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries
to, continue to maintain such system.


 


Section 9.7.          Subsidiary
Guarantors. Except for any existing Indebtedness of the Company under the Secured Credit Facility and any Replacement Facilities,
the Company will cause each of its Subsidiaries that guarantees or otherwise becomes liable at any time, whether as a borrower
or an additional or co-borrower or otherwise, for or in respect of any Indebtedness under any Material Credit Facility for which
the Company is a borrower or guarantor to concurrently therewith:


 


(i)          enter
into an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders providing for the guaranty by such Subsidiary, on
a joint and several basis with all other such Subsidiaries, of (x) the prompt payment in full when due of all amounts payable
by the Company pursuant to the Notes (whether for principal, interest, Make-Whole Amount or otherwise) and this Agreement, including
all indemnities, fees and expenses payable by the Company thereunder and (y) the prompt, full and faithful performance, observance
and discharge by the Company of each and every covenant, agreement, undertaking and provision required pursuant to the Notes or
this Agreement to be performed, observed or discharged by it (a “Subsidiary Guaranty”); and


 


(ii)         deliver
the following to each holder of a Note:


 




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(A)         an
executed counterpart of such Subsidiary Guaranty or a joinder thereto;


 


(B)         a
certificate signed by an authorized responsible officer of such Subsidiary containing representations and warranties on behalf
of such Subsidiary to the same effect, mutatis mutandis, as those contained in Sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.6, 5.7 and 5.19(b)
of this Agreement (but with respect to such Subsidiary and such Subsidiary Guaranty rather than the Company);


 


(C)         all
documents as may be reasonably requested by the Required Holders to evidence the due organization, continuing existence and, where
applicable, good standing of such Subsidiary and the due authorization by all requisite action on the part of such Subsidiary of
the execution and delivery of such Subsidiary Guaranty and the performance by such Subsidiary of its obligations thereunder; and


 


(D)         an
opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders covering such matters relating to such Subsidiary and such Subsidiary
Guaranty as the Required Holders may reasonably request.


 


(b)          At
the election of the Company and by written notice to each holder of Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantor that has provided a Subsidiary
Guaranty under subparagraph (a) of this Section 9.7 may be discharged from all of its obligations and liabilities under
its Subsidiary Guaranty and shall be automatically released from its obligations thereunder without the need for the execution
or delivery of any other document by the holders, provided that (i) if such Subsidiary Guarantor is a guarantor or
is otherwise liable for or in respect of any Material Credit Facility, then such Subsidiary Guarantor has been released and discharged
(or will be released and discharged concurrently with the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guaranty) under
such Material Credit Facility, (ii) at the time of, and after giving effect to, such release and discharge, no Default or
Event of Default shall be existing, (iii) no amount is then due and payable under such Subsidiary Guaranty, (iv) if in
connection with such Subsidiary Guarantor being released and discharged under any Material Credit Facility, any fee or other form
of consideration is given to any holder of Indebtedness under such Material Credit Facility for such release, the holders of the
Notes shall receive equivalent consideration substantially concurrently therewith and (v) each holder shall have received
a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying as to the matters set forth in clauses (i) through (iv).


 


Section 9.8.          Rating
Confirmation. The Company covenants and agrees that, at its sole cost and expense, it shall cause to be maintained at all times
a Rating of the Notes from at least one NRSRO that indicates that it will monitor the rating on an ongoing basis. No later than
(i) June 30 of each year (beginning June 30, 2019) and (ii) promptly upon any change in the Rating, the Company further
covenants and agrees it shall provide a notice with evidence of such Rating (or any change thereto) to each of the holders of the
Notes sent in the manner provided in Section 18 with respect to all then current Ratings.


 




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Section 9.9.          Status
of RIC and BDC. The Company shall at all times, subject to applicable grace periods set forth in the Code, maintain its status
as a RIC, and as a “business development company” under the Investment Company Act.


 


Section 9.10.         Priority
of Obligations. The Company will ensure that its payment obligations under this Agreement and the Notes, and the payment obligations
of any Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guaranty, will at all times rank at least pari passu, without preference or priority,
with all other unsecured and unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Company and such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable.


 


Notwithstanding the terms of Section 11,
it will not be a Default or an Event of Default if the Company fails to comply with any provision of Section 9 on or after
the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing; however, if such a failure occurs, then any of the Purchasers may elect not
to purchase the Notes on the date of Closing that is specified in Section 3.


 


Section 10.         Negative
Covenants.


 


From the date of this
Agreement until the Closing and thereafter, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company covenants that:


 


Section 10.1.          Transactions
with Affiliates. The Company will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into directly or indirectly any transaction
or group of related transactions (including the purchase, lease, sale or exchange of properties of any kind or the rendering of
any service) with any Affiliate (other than the Company or another Subsidiary), except (i) in the ordinary course and pursuant
to the reasonable requirements of the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms no
less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a
Person not an Affiliate, (ii) transactions otherwise permitted under the Agreement, (iii) transactions permitted under
the Secured Credit Facility or any Replacement Facilities, (vi) transactions with Affiliates that are set forth on Schedule 10.1,
(v) a transaction that has been (A) approved by a majority of the independent directors of the Board of Directors of
the Company and (B) consented to by the Required Holders (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or (vi) any
co-investment with Affiliates of the Company or the External Manager that is permitted under any established SEC guidance, no-action
letter or order or exemptive relief order.


 


Section 10.2.          Merger,
Consolidation, Etc. The Company will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary Guarantor to, consolidate with or merge with any other Person or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially
all of its assets in a single transaction or series of transactions to any Person unless:


 




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(a)          in
the case of any such transaction involving the Company, the successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of such
merger or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the assets of the Company as an
entirety, as the case may be, shall be a solvent corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws
of the United States or any state thereof (including the District of Columbia), and, if the Company is not such corporation or
limited liability company, (i) such corporation or limited liability company shall have executed and delivered to each holder
of any Notes its assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition of this Agreement
and the Notes and (ii) such corporation or limited liability company shall have caused to be delivered to each holder of any
Notes an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Required
Holders, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms
and comply with the terms hereof;


 


(b)          in
the case of any such transaction involving a Subsidiary Guarantor, the successor formed by such consolidation or the survivor of
such merger or the Person that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary
Guarantor as an entirety, as the case may be, shall be (1) the Company, such Subsidiary Guarantor or another Subsidiary Guarantor;
or (2) a solvent corporation or limited liability company (other than the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor) that is
organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any state thereof (including the District of Columbia) and, if such
Subsidiary Guarantor is not such corporation or limited liability company, (A) such corporation or limited liability company
shall have executed and delivered to each holder of Notes its assumption of the due and punctual performance and observance of
each covenant and condition of the Subsidiary Guaranty of such Subsidiary Guarantor and (B) the Company shall have caused
to be delivered to each holder of Notes an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Required Holders, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable
in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof;


 


(c)          each
Subsidiary Guarantor under any Subsidiary Guaranty that is outstanding at the time such transaction or each transaction in such
a series of transactions occurs reaffirms its obligations under such Subsidiary Guaranty in writing at such time pursuant to documentation
that is reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders; and


 


(d)          immediately
before and immediately after giving effect to such transaction or each transaction in any such series of transactions, no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.


 


No
such conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the
effect of releasing the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, or any successor corporation or limited liability
company that shall theretofore have become such in the manner prescribed in this Section 10.2, from its liability under (x) this
Agreement or the Notes (in the case of the Company) or (y) the Subsidiary Guaranty (in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor),
unless, in the case of the conveyance, transfer or lease of substantially all of the assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Subsidiary
Guarantor is released from its Subsidiary Guaranty in accordance with Section 9.7(b) in connection with or immediately following
such conveyance, transfer or lease.


 




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Section 10.3.          Line
of Business. The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary to engage in any business if, as a result, the general
nature of the business in which the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, would then be engaged would be substantially
changed from the general nature of the business in which the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are engaged on the
date of this Agreement as described in the Investor Presentation.


 


Section 10.4.          Economic
Sanctions, Etc. The Company will not, and will not permit any Controlled Entity to (a) become (including by virtue of
being owned or controlled by a Blocked Person), own or control a Blocked Person or (b) directly or indirectly have any investment
in or engage in any dealing or transaction (including any investment, dealing or transaction involving the proceeds of the Notes)
with any Person if such investment, dealing or transaction (i) would cause any Purchaser or holder or any affiliate of such
Purchaser or holder to be in violation of, or subject to sanctions under, any law or regulation applicable to such holder, or (ii) is
prohibited by or subject to sanctions under any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws.


 


Section 10.5.          Liens.
The Company will not and will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or permit to
exist (upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise) any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset (including, without
limitation, any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor,
whether now owned or held or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or otherwise convey any right to
receive income or profits, except (a) Liens which secure obligations under the Secured Credit Facility or any Replacement Facilities,
(b) Liens permitted under the Secured Credit Facility or any Replacement Facilities or (c) other Liens which rank at least pari
passu with all such Liens securing obligations under the Secured Credit Facility or any Replacement Facilities, provided
that, for the avoidance of doubt, such other Liens under this clause (c), or any Indebtedness secured thereby, shall not include,
or be subject to, any “first in/last out” or other priority or preference in the right of payment.


 


Section 10.6.          Financial
Covenants.


 


(a)          Minimum
Shareholders’ Equity. The Company will not permit Shareholders’ Equity at the last day of any fiscal quarter of
the Company to be less than $190,710,000 million, plus 50% of the net proceeds of the sale of Equity Interests by the Company
after August 7, 2018 (other than proceeds of sales of Equity Interests by and among the Company and its Subsidiaries).


 


(b)          Asset
Coverage Ratio. The Company will not permit the Asset Coverage Ratio (i) immediately after giving effect to the sale of
the Notes or (ii) as of the last Business Day of any fiscal quarter to be less than the Investment Company Act Asset Coverage.


 


(c)          Debt
to Equity Ratio. The Company will not permit the Debt to Equity Ratio, immediately after giving pro forma effect to the creation,
issuance, assumption, guarantee or incurrence of Indebtedness and the application of the proceeds thereof, to be greater than 1.6
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Section 10.7.          Most
Favored Lender Status. (a) If the Company (i) is as of the date of this Agreement a party to a credit facility, loan
agreement or other like financial instrument under which the Company may incur Unsecured Debt in excess of $25,000,000 (an “Existing
Credit Facility”), or (ii) after the date of this Agreement enters into any amendment or other modification of any Existing
Credit Facility (an “Amended Credit Facility”) or (iii) enters into any new credit facility, whether with
commercial banks or other Institutional Investors pursuant to a credit agreement, note purchase agreement, convertible note indenture
or debenture, or other like agreement after the date of this Agreement under which the Company may incur Unsecured Debt in excess
of $25,000,000 (in any such case, a “New Credit Facility”), that in any such case has on the date of this Agreement,
or after the date of this Agreement results in, one or more additional or more restrictive MFL Provisions (whether constituting
a financial covenant or an event of default) imposed on the Company than those contained in this Agreement being contained in any
such Existing Credit Facility, Amended Credit Facility or New Credit Facility, as the case may be (such additional or more restrictive
MFL Provision or event of default, as the case may be, together with all definitions relating thereto, in the case of an Existing
Credit Facility, including as amended by an Amended Credit Facility, the “Existing Facility Additional Provision(s)”
and in the case of a New Credit Facility, the “New Facility Additional Provision(s)”), then the terms of this
Agreement, without any further action on the part of the Company or any of the holders of the Notes, will unconditionally be deemed
on the effective date of such Amended Credit Facility or New Credit Facility, as the case may be, or the date hereof in the case
of an Existing Credit Facility to be automatically amended to include the Existing Facility Additional Provision(s) or such New
Facility Additional Provision(s), as the case may be, and imposed on the same party hereunder that is subject to such provision
under the Existing Credit Facility, the Amended Credit Facility, or the New Credit Facility, as applicable, and any event of default
in respect of any such additional or more restrictive MFL Provision(s) so included herein shall be deemed to be an Event of
Default under Section 11(c) (after giving effect to any grace or cure provisions under such Existing Facility Additional Provision(s)
or such New Facility Additional Provision(s) or event of default), subject to all applicable terms and provisions of this Agreement,
including, without limitation, all rights and remedies exercisable by the holders of the Notes hereunder; provided that,
for the avoidance of doubt, any conversion feature in any New Credit Facility pursuant to which the principal amount of, or any
premium and/or accrued but unpaid interest on, any debt security convertible by its terms into capital stock of the Company shall
not be deemed to be a New Facility Additional Provision for purposes of this Section 10.7.


 


(b)          If
after the date of execution of any Amended Credit Facility or a New Credit Facility, as the case may be, any one or more of the
Existing Facility Additional Provision(s) or the New Facility Additional Provision(s) is excluded, terminated, loosened, tightened,
amended or otherwise modified under the corresponding Amended Credit Facility or New Credit Facility, as applicable, then and in
such event any such Existing Facility Additional Provision(s) or New Facility Additional Provision(s) theretofore included in this
Agreement pursuant to the requirements of this Section 10.7 shall then and thereupon automatically and without any further
action by any Person be so excluded, terminated, loosened, tightened or otherwise amended or modified under this Section 10.7
to the same extent as the exclusion, termination, loosening, tightening of other amendment or modification thereof under the Amended
Credit Facility or New Credit Facility; provided that if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
by reason of the Existing Facility Additional Provision(s) or the New Facility Additional Provision(s) at the time any such Existing
Facility Additional Provision(s) or New Facility Additional Provision(s) is or are to be so excluded, terminated, loosened, tightened,
amended or modified under this Section 10.7, the prior written consent thereto of the Required Holders shall be required as
a condition to the exclusion, termination, loosening, tightening or other amendment or modification of any such Existing Facility
Additional Provision(s) or New Facility Additional Provision(s), as the case may be; and provided, further, that in any
and all events, the financial covenant(s) and related definitions or any event of default constituting any financial covenant and
Events of Default contained in this Agreement as in effect on the date of this Agreement shall not in any event be deemed or construed
to be excluded, terminated, loosened, relaxed, amended or otherwise modified by operation of the terms of this Section 10.7.


 




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(c)          The
Company shall from time to time, upon request by the Required Holders, promptly execute and deliver at its expense (including,
without limitation, the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of one counsel for the holders of the Notes, taken as a whole)
an amendment to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders evidencing that, pursuant
to this Section 10.7, this Agreement then and thereafter includes, excludes, amends or otherwise modifies any Existing Facility
Additional Provision(s) or New Facility Additional Provision(s), as the case may be; provided that the execution and delivery
of such amendment shall not be a precondition to the effectiveness of such amendment.


 


(d)          The
Company agrees that it will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary or Affiliate to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be
paid any consideration or remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, to any creditor
of the Company, any co-obligor or any Subsidiary as consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by any such creditor
of any amendment, waiver or other modification to any Existing Credit Facility or New Credit Facility, as the case may be, the
effect of which amendment, waiver or other modification is to exclude, terminate, loosen, tighten or otherwise amend or modify
any Existing Facility Additional Provision(s) or New Facility Additional Provision(s), unless such consideration or remuneration
is concurrently paid, on the same terms, ratably to the holders of all of the Notes then outstanding.


 


Notwithstanding the terms of Section 11,
it will not be a Default or an Event of Default if the Company fails to comply with any provision of Section 10 before or after
giving effect to the issuance of the Notes on a pro forma basis; however, if such a failure occurs, then any of the Purchasers
may elect not to purchase the Notes on the date of Closing that is specified in Section 3.


 


Section 11.         Events
of Default.


 


An “Event
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(a)          the
Company defaults in the payment of any principal on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, whether at maturity or at a
date fixed for prepayment or by declaration or otherwise; or


 


(b)          the
Company defaults in the payment of any interest or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Note for more than five Business Days after
the same becomes due and payable; or


 


(c)          the
Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Section 7.1(d) or Section 10; or


 


(d)          the
Company defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein (other than those referred to in Sections 11(a),
(b) and (c)) and such default is not remedied within 45 days after the earlier of (i) a Responsible Officer obtaining actual
knowledge of such default and (ii) the Company receiving written notice of such default from holders of at least 25% of the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes (any such written notice to be identified as a “notice of default” and to
refer specifically to this Section 11(d)); or


 


(e)          (i) any
representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of the Company or by any officer of the Company in this Agreement or
any writing furnished in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby proves to have been false or incorrect in any material
respect on the date as of which made, or (ii) any representation or warranty made in writing by or on behalf of any Subsidiary
Guarantor or by any officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor in any Subsidiary Guaranty or any writing furnished in connection with
such Subsidiary Guaranty proves to have been false or incorrect in any material respect on the date as of which made; or


 


(f)          (i) the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary is in default (as principal or as guarantor or other surety) in the payment of any principal
of or premium or make-whole amount or interest on any Indebtedness that is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount of at least
$25,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment) beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or
(ii) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is in default in the performance of or compliance with any term of any evidence
of any Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least $25,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency
of payment) or of any mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating thereto or any other condition exists, and as a consequence
of such default or condition such Indebtedness has become, or has been declared, due and payable before its stated maturity or
before its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or (iii) as a consequence of the occurrence or continuation of any event
or condition (other than the passage of time or the right of the holder of Indebtedness to convert such Indebtedness into equity
interests), the Company or any Significant Subsidiary has become obligated to purchase or repay Indebtedness before its regular
maturity or before its regularly scheduled dates of payment in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of at least $25,000,000
(or its equivalent in the relevant currency of payment); in each case other than a default, event or condition that relates to
a Change in Control and with respect thereto Section 8.8 applies; provided that this clause (f) shall not apply to (1) secured
Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness;
or (2) convertible debt that becomes due as a result of a conversion or redemption event, other than as a result of an “event
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(g)          the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary (i) is generally not paying, or admits in writing its inability to pay, its debts as
they become due, (ii) files, or consents by answer or otherwise to the filing against it of, a petition for relief or reorganization
or arrangement or any other petition in bankruptcy, for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar law of any jurisdiction, (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv) consents
to the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with respect to
any substantial part of its property, (v) is adjudicated as insolvent or to be liquidated, or (vi) takes corporate action
for the purpose of any of the foregoing; or


 


(h)          a
court or other Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction enters an order appointing, without consent by the Company or any
of its Significant Subsidiaries, a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers with respect to it or with
respect to any substantial part of its property, or constituting an order for relief or approving a petition for relief or reorganization
or any other petition in bankruptcy or for liquidation or to take advantage of any bankruptcy or insolvency law of any jurisdiction,
or ordering the dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or any such petition
shall be filed against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and such petition shall not be dismissed within 60 days;
or


 


(i)          any
event that occurs with respect to the Company or any Significant Subsidiary which under the laws of any jurisdiction is analogous
to any of the events described in Section 11(g) or Section 11(h), provided that the applicable grace period, if any, which shall
apply shall be the one applicable to the relevant proceeding which most closely corresponds to the proceeding described in Section
11(g) or Section 11(h); or


 


(j)          one
or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $25,000,000 (or its equivalent in the relevant
currency of payment), including any such final order enforcing a binding arbitration decision, are rendered against one or more
of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within 60 days after entry thereof, bonded, discharged
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(k)          if
(i) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or
a waiver of such standards or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under section 412 of the Code, (ii) a
notice of intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected to be filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall
have instituted proceedings under ERISA section 4042 to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC
shall have notified the Company or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of any such proceedings, (iii) there
is any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (within the meaning of section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under one
or more Plans, determined in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, (iv) the aggregate present value of accrued benefit liabilities
under all funded Non-U.S. Plans exceeds the aggregate current value of the assets of such Non-U.S. Plans allocable to such liabilities,
(v) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to Title I
or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, (vi) the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan, (vii) the Company or any Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee
welfare benefit plan that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the liability of the Company
or any Subsidiary thereunder, (viii) the Company or any Subsidiary fails to administer or maintain a Non-U.S. Plan in compliance
with the requirements of any and all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations or court orders or any Non-U.S. Plan is involuntarily
terminated or wound up, or (ix) the Company or any Subsidiary becomes subject to the imposition of a financial penalty (which
for this purpose shall mean any tax, penalty or other liability, whether by way of indemnity or otherwise) with respect to one
or more Non-U.S. Plans; and any such event or events described in clauses (i) through (ix) above, either individually
or together with any other such event or events, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this
Section 11(k), the terms “employee benefit plan” and “employee welfare benefit plan”
shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in section 3 of ERISA; or


 


(l)          any
Subsidiary Guaranty shall cease to be in full force and effect in any Material respect, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Person
acting on behalf of any Subsidiary Guarantor shall contest in any manner the validity, binding nature or enforceability of any
Subsidiary Guaranty, or the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under any Subsidiary Guaranty are not or cease to be legal,
valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with the terms of such Subsidiary Guaranty.


 


(m)          the
External Manager ceases to be the external manager of the Company.


 


Section 12.         Remedies
on Default, Etc.


 


Section 12.1.          Acceleration.
(a) If an Event of Default with respect to the Company described in Section 11(g), (h) or (i) (other than an Event
of Default described in clause (i) of Section 11(g) or described in clause (vi) of Section 11(g) by virtue
of the fact that such clause encompasses clause (i) of Section 11(g)) has occurred, all the Notes then outstanding shall
automatically become immediately due and payable.


 


(b)          If
any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Required Holders may at any time at its or their option, by notice
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(c)          If
any Event of Default described in Section 11(a) or (b) has occurred and is continuing, any holder or holders of Notes at the
time outstanding affected by such Event of Default may at any time, at its or their option, by notice or notices to the Company,
declare all the Notes held by it or them to be immediately due and payable.


 


Upon any Notes becoming
due and payable under this Section 12.1, whether automatically or by declaration, such Notes will forthwith mature and the
entire unpaid principal amount of such Notes, plus (x) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including interest accrued
thereon at the Default Rate) and (y) the Make-Whole Amount determined in respect of such principal amount, shall all be immediately
due and payable, in each and every case without presentment, demand, protest or further notice, all of which are hereby waived.
The Company acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the right to maintain its investment in
the Notes free from repayment by the Company (except as herein specifically provided for) and that the provision for payment of
a Make-Whole Amount by the Company in the event that the Notes are prepaid or are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default,
is intended to provide compensation for the deprivation of such right under such circumstances.


 


Section 12.2.          Other
Remedies. If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and irrespective of whether any Notes have become
or have been declared immediately due and payable under Section 12.1, the holder of any Note at the time outstanding may proceed
to protect and enforce the rights of such holder by an action at law, suit in equity or other appropriate proceeding, whether for
the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or in any Note or Subsidiary Guaranty, or for an injunction against
a violation of any of the terms hereof or thereof, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted hereby or thereby or by law or
otherwise.


 


Section 12.3.          Rescission.
At any time after any Notes have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 12.1(b) or (c), the Required Holders, by
written notice to the Company, may rescind and annul any such declaration and its consequences if (a) the Company has paid
all overdue interest on the Notes, all principal of and Make-Whole Amount, if any, on any Notes that are due and payable and are
unpaid other than by reason of such declaration, and all interest on such overdue principal and Make-Whole Amount, if any, and
(to the extent permitted by applicable law) any overdue interest in respect of the Notes, at the Default Rate, (b) neither
the Company nor any other Person shall have paid any amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, (c) all
Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts that have become due solely by reason of such declaration, have
been cured or have been waived pursuant to Section 17, and (d) no judgment or decree has been entered for the payment
of any monies due pursuant hereto or to the Notes. No rescission and annulment under this Section 12.3 will extend to or affect
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Section 12.4.          No
Waivers or Election of Remedies, Expenses, Etc. No course of dealing and no delay on the part of any holder of any Note in
exercising any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice such holder’s rights, powers
or remedies. No right, power or remedy conferred by this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or any Note upon any holder thereof
shall be exclusive of any other right, power or remedy referred to herein or therein or now or hereafter available at law, in equity,
by statute or otherwise. Without limiting the obligations of the Company under Section 15, the Company will pay to the holder
of each Note on demand such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover all costs and expenses of such holder incurred in any
enforcement or collection under this Section 12, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses and disbursements.


 


Section 13.         Registration;
Exchange; Substitution of Notes.


 


Section 13.1.          Registration
of Notes. The Company shall keep at its principal executive office a register for the registration and registration of transfers
of Notes. The name and address of each holder of one or more Notes, each transfer thereof and the name and address of each transferee
of one or more Notes shall be registered in such register. If any holder of one or more Notes is a nominee, then (a) the name
and address of the beneficial owner of such Note or Notes shall also be registered in such register as an owner and holder thereof
and (b) at any such beneficial owner’s option, either such beneficial owner or its nominee may execute any amendment,
waiver or consent pursuant to this Agreement. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Person in whose name any
Note shall be registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and holder thereof for all purposes hereof, and the Company shall
not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary. The Company shall give to any holder of a Note that is an Institutional
Investor promptly upon request therefor, a complete and correct copy of the names and addresses of all registered holders of Notes.


 


Section 13.2.          Transfer
and Exchange of Notes. Upon surrender of any Note to the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer
(all as specified in Section 18(iii)), for registration of transfer or exchange (and in the case of a surrender for registration
of transfer accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder of such Note or such holder’s
attorney duly authorized in writing and accompanied by the relevant name, address and other information for notices of each transferee
of such Note or part thereof), within 10 Business Days thereafter, the Company shall execute and deliver, at the Company’s
expense (except as provided below), one or more new Notes (as requested by the holder thereof) in exchange therefor, in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the unpaid principal amount of the surrendered Note. Each such new Note shall be payable to such Person
as such holder may request and shall be substantially in the form of Schedule 1. Each such new Note shall be dated and bear
interest from the date to which interest shall have been paid on the surrendered Note or dated the date of the surrendered Note
if no interest shall have been paid thereon. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp tax or governmental
charge imposed in respect of any such transfer of Notes. Notes shall not be transferred in denominations of less than $100,000,
provided that if necessary to enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of Notes, one Note may
be in a denomination of less than $100,000. Any transferee, by its acceptance of a Note registered in its name (or the name of
its nominee), shall be deemed to have made the representation set forth in Section 6.2.


 


Section 13.3.          Replacement
of Notes. Upon receipt by the Company at the address and to the attention of the designated officer (all as specified in Section 18(iii))
of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the ownership of and the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note (which
evidence shall be, in the case of an Institutional Investor, notice from such Institutional Investor of such ownership and such
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(a)          in
the case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it (provided that if the holder of such Note is,
or is a nominee for, an original Purchaser or another holder of a Note with a minimum net worth of at least $50,000,000 or a Qualified
Institutional Buyer, such Person’s own unsecured agreement of indemnity shall be deemed to be satisfactory), or


 


(b)          in
the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof,


 


within 10 Business Days thereafter, the
Company at its own expense shall execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a new Note, dated and bearing interest from the date to
which interest shall have been paid on such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note or dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed
or mutilated Note if no interest shall have been paid thereon.


 


Section 14.         Payments
on Notes.


 


Section 14.1.          Place
of Payment. Subject to Section 14.2, payments of principal, Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest becoming due and payable
on the Notes shall be made in New York, New York at the principal office of JPMorgan in such jurisdiction. The Company
may at any time, by notice to each holder of a Note, change the place of payment of the Notes so long as such place of payment
shall be either the principal office of the Company in such jurisdiction or the principal office of a bank or trust company in
such jurisdiction.


 


Section 14.2.          Payment
by Wire Transfer. So long as any Purchaser or its nominee shall be the holder of any Note, and notwithstanding anything contained
in Section 14.1 or in such Note to the contrary, the Company will pay all sums becoming due on such Note for principal, Make-Whole
Amount, if any, interest and all other amounts becoming due hereunder by the method and at the address specified for such purpose
below such Purchaser’s name in the Purchaser Schedule, or by such other method or at such other address as such Purchaser
shall have from time to time specified to the Company in writing for such purpose, without the presentation or surrender of such
Note or the making of any notation thereon, except that upon written request of the Company made concurrently with or reasonably
promptly after payment or prepayment in full of any Note, such Purchaser shall surrender such Note for cancellation, reasonably
promptly after any such request, to the Company at its principal executive office or at the place of payment most recently designated
by the Company pursuant to Section 14.1. Prior to any sale or other disposition of any Note held by a Purchaser or its nominee,
such Purchaser will, at its election, either endorse thereon the amount of principal paid thereon and the last date to which interest
has been paid thereon or surrender such Note to the Company in exchange for a new Note or Notes pursuant to Section 13.2.
The Company will afford the benefits of this Section 14.2 to any Institutional Investor that is the direct or indirect transferee
of any Note purchased by a Purchaser under this Agreement and that has made the same agreement relating to such Note as the Purchasers
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Section 14.3.          FATCA
Information. By acceptance of any Note, the holder of such Note agrees that such holder will with reasonable promptness
duly complete and deliver to the Company, or to such other Person as may be reasonably requested by the Company, from time to time
(a) any forms, documents or certifications as may be reasonably required for the Company to satisfy any information reporting or
withholding tax obligations with respect to any payments under this Agreement (b) in the case of any such holder that is a
United States Person, such holder’s United States tax identification number or other Forms reasonably requested by the Company
necessary to establish such holder’s status as a United States Person under FATCA and as may otherwise be necessary for the
Company to comply with its obligations under FATCA and (b) in the case of any such holder that is not a United States Person,
such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such
additional documentation as may be necessary for the Company to comply with its obligations under FATCA and to determine that such
holder has complied with such holder’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount (if any) to deduct and withhold
from any such payment made to such holder. Nothing in this Section 14.3 shall require any holder to provide information that
is confidential or proprietary to such holder unless the Company is required to obtain such information under FATCA and, in such
event, the Company shall treat any such information it receives as confidential.


 


Section 15.         Expenses,
Etc.


 


Section 15.1.          Transaction
Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Company will pay all costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees of a special counsel and, if reasonably required by the Required Holders, local or
other counsel) incurred by the Purchasers and each other holder of a Note in connection with such transactions and in connection
with any amendments, waivers or consents under or in respect of this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes (whether or
not such amendment, waiver or consent becomes effective), including: (a) the costs and expenses incurred in enforcing or defending
(or determining whether or how to enforce or defend) any rights under this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes or in
responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement, any
Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes, or by reason of being a holder of any Note, (b) the costs and expenses, including financial
advisors’ fees, incurred in connection with the insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company or any Subsidiary or in connection
with any work-out or restructuring of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Notes and any Subsidiary Guaranty and (c) the
costs and expenses incurred in connection with the initial filing of this Agreement and all related documents and financial information
with the SVO; provided, that such costs and expenses under this clause (c) shall not exceed $3,500; provided, further,
that the aggregate amount of attorneys’ fees of a special counsel to the Purchasers and, if reasonably required by the Required
Holders, local or other counsel incurred in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Closing of the
Notes and to be paid by the Company shall not exceed $100,000. If required
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The Company will pay,
and will save each Purchaser and each other holder of a Note harmless from, (i) all claims in respect of any fees, costs or
expenses, if any, of brokers and finders (other than those, if any, retained by a Purchaser or other holder in connection with
its purchase of the Notes), (ii) any and all wire transfer fees that any bank or other financial institution deducts from
any payment under such Note to such holder or otherwise charges to a holder of a Note with respect to a payment under such Note
and (iii) any judgment, liability, claim, order, decree, fine, penalty,
cost, fee, expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) or obligation resulting from the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the use of the proceeds of the Notes by the Company.


 


Section 15.2.          Certain
Taxes. The Company agrees to pay all stamp, documentary or similar taxes or fees which may be payable in respect of
the execution and delivery or the enforcement of this Agreement or any Subsidiary Guaranty or the execution and delivery (but not
the transfer) or the enforcement of any of the Notes in the United States or any other jurisdiction where the Company or any Subsidiary
Guarantor has assets or of any amendment of, or waiver or consent under or with respect to, this Agreement or any Subsidiary Guaranty
or of any of the Notes, and to pay any value added tax due and payable in respect of reimbursement of costs and expenses by the
Company pursuant to this Section 15, and will save each holder of a Note to the extent permitted by applicable law harmless
against any loss or liability resulting from nonpayment or delay in payment of any such tax or fee required to be paid by the Company
hereunder.


 


Section 15.3.          Survival.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 15 will survive the payment or transfer of any Note, the enforcement, amendment
or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes, and the termination of this Agreement.


 


Section 16.         Survival
of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement.


 


All representations
and warranties contained herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes, the purchase or transfer
by any Purchaser of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any
subsequent holder of a Note, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of such Purchaser or any other holder
of a Note. All statements contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to
this Agreement shall be deemed representations and warranties of the Company under this Agreement. Subject to the preceding sentence,
this Agreement, the Notes and any Subsidiary Guaranties embody the entire agreement and understanding between each Purchaser and
the Company and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.


 


Section 17.         Amendment
and Waiver.


 


Section 17.1.          Requirements.
This Agreement and the Notes may be amended, and the observance of any term hereof or of the Notes may be waived (either retroactively
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(a)          no
amendment or waiver of any of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 21 hereof, or any defined term (as it is used therein), will be effective
as to any Purchaser unless consented to by such Purchaser in writing; and


 


(b)          
no amendment or waiver may, without the written consent of each Purchaser and the holder of each Note at the time outstanding,
(i) subject to Section 12 relating to acceleration or rescission, change the amount or time of any prepayment or payment
of principal of, or reduce the rate or change the time of payment or method of computation of (x) interest on the Notes or
(y) the Make-Whole Amount, (ii) change the percentage of the principal amount of the Notes the holders of which are required
to consent to any amendment or waiver or the principal amount of the Notes that the Purchasers are to purchase pursuant to Section 2
upon the satisfaction of the conditions to Closing that appear in Section 4, or (iii) amend any of Sections 8 (except
as set forth in the second sentence of Section 8.2), 11(a), 11(b), 12, 17 or 20.


 


Section 17.2.          Solicitation
of Holders of Notes.


 


(a)          Solicitation.
 The Company will provide each Purchaser and each holder of a Note with sufficient information, sufficiently far in advance
of the date a decision is required, to enable such Purchaser and such holder to make an informed and considered decision with respect
to any proposed amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the provisions hereof or of the Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty.
The Company will deliver executed or true and correct copies of each amendment, waiver or consent effected pursuant to this Section 17
or any Subsidiary Guaranty to each Purchaser and each holder of a Note promptly following the date on which it is executed and
delivered by, or receives the consent or approval of, the requisite Purchasers and holders of Notes.


 


(b)          Payment.
 The Company will not directly or indirectly pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional
interest, fee or otherwise, or grant any security or provide other credit support, to any Purchaser or holder of a Note as consideration
for or as an inducement to the entering into by such Purchaser or holder of any waiver or amendment of any of the terms and provisions
hereof or of any Subsidiary Guaranty or any Note unless such remuneration is concurrently paid, or security is concurrently granted
or other credit support concurrently provided, on the same terms, ratably to each Purchaser and holder of a Note even if such holder
did not consent to such waiver or amendment.


 


(c)          Consent
in Contemplation of Transfer. Any consent given pursuant to this Section 17 or any Subsidiary Guaranty by a holder of
a Note that has transferred or has agreed to transfer its Note to (i) the Company, (ii) any Subsidiary or any other Affiliate
or (iii) any other Person in connection with, or in anticipation of, such other Person acquiring, making a tender offer for
or merging with the Company and/or any of its Affiliates, in each case in connection with such consent, shall be void and of no
force or effect except solely as to such holder, and any amendments effected or waivers granted or to be effected or granted that
would not have been or would not be so effected or granted but for such consent (and the consents of all other holders of Notes
that were acquired under the same or similar conditions) shall be void and of no force or effect except solely as to such holder.


 




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Section 17.3.          Binding
Effect, Etc. Any amendment or waiver consented to as provided in this Section 17 or any Subsidiary Guaranty applies
equally to all Purchasers and holders of Notes and is binding upon them and upon each future holder of any Note and upon the Company
without regard to whether such Note has been marked to indicate such amendment or waiver. No such amendment or waiver will extend
to or affect any obligation, covenant, agreement, Default or Event of Default not expressly amended or waived or impair any right
consequent thereon. No course of dealing between the Company and any Purchaser or holder of a Note and no delay in exercising any
rights hereunder or under any Note or Subsidiary Guaranty shall operate as a waiver of any rights of any Purchaser or holder of
such Note.


 


Section 17.4.          Notes
Held by Company, Etc.  Solely for the purpose of determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of the
aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding approved or consented to any amendment, waiver or consent to be given under
this Agreement, any Subsidiary Guaranty or the Notes, or have directed the taking of any action provided herein or in any Subsidiary
Guaranty or the Notes to be taken upon the direction of the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount
of Notes then outstanding, Notes directly or indirectly owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be
outstanding.


 


Section 18.         Notices.


 


Except to the extent
otherwise provided in Section 7.4, all notices and communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and sent (a) by
telecopy if the sender on the same day sends a confirming copy of such notice by an internationally recognized overnight delivery
service (charges prepaid), or (b) by registered or certified mail with return receipt requested (postage prepaid), (c) by
an internationally recognized overnight delivery service (charges prepaid) or (d) by e-mail; provided that upon request
of any holder to receive paper copies of such notices or communications, the Company will promptly deliver such paper copies to
such holder). Any such notice must be sent:


 


(i)          if
to any Purchaser or its nominee, to such Purchaser or nominee at the address specified for such communications in the Purchaser
Schedule, or at such other address as such Purchaser or nominee shall have specified to the Company in writing,


 


(ii)         if
to any other holder of any Note, to such holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Company in writing,
or


 


(iii)        if
to the Company, to the Company at its address set forth at the beginning hereof to the attention of the Chief Financial Officer
(Investor Relations), or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing.


 


Notices under this Section 18 will
be deemed given only when actually received.


 




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Section 19.         Reproduction
of Documents.


 


This Agreement and
all documents relating thereto, including (a) consents, waivers and modifications that may hereafter be executed, (b) documents
received by any Purchaser at the Closing (except the Notes themselves), and (c) financial statements, certificates and other
information previously or hereafter furnished to any Purchaser, may be reproduced by such Purchaser by any photographic, photostatic,
electronic, digital, or other similar process and such Purchaser may destroy any original document so reproduced. The Company agrees
and stipulates that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any such reproduction shall be admissible in evidence as the original
itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding (whether or not the original is in existence and whether or not such reproduction
was made by such Purchaser in the regular course of business) and any enlargement, facsimile or further reproduction of such reproduction
shall likewise be admissible in evidence. This Section 19 shall not prohibit the Company or any other holder of Notes from
contesting any such reproduction to the same extent that it could contest the original, or from introducing evidence to demonstrate
the inaccuracy of any such reproduction.


 


Section 20.         Confidential
Information.


 


For the purposes of
this Section 20, “Confidential Information” means information delivered to any Purchaser by or on behalf
of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that
is proprietary in nature and that was clearly marked or labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received by such Purchaser
as being confidential information of the Company or such Subsidiary, provided that such term does not include information that
(a) was publicly known or otherwise known to such Purchaser prior to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes
publicly known through no act or omission by such Purchaser or any Person acting on such Purchaser’s behalf, (c) otherwise
becomes known to such Purchaser other than through disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary or (d) constitutes financial
statements delivered to such Purchaser under Section 7.1 that are otherwise publicly available. Each Purchaser will maintain
the confidentiality of such Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by such Purchaser in good faith to protect
confidential information of third parties delivered to such Purchaser and shall not use the Confidential Information for purposes
of trading in the common stock of the Company listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market; provided that such Purchaser may
deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i) its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, trustees and affiliates
(to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of the investment represented by its Notes), (ii) its
auditors, financial advisors and other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially
in accordance with this Section 20, (iii) any other holder of any Note, (iv) any Institutional Investor to which
it sells or offers to sell such Note or any part thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior
to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by this Section 20), (v) any Person from which it offers
to purchase any Security of the Company (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information
to be bound by this Section 20), (vi) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Purchaser,
(vii) the NAIC or the SVO or, in each case, any similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires
access to information about such Purchaser’s investment portfolio, or (viii) any other Person to which such delivery
or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (w) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable
to such Purchaser, (x) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (y) in connection with any litigation to which
such Purchaser is a party or (z) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent such Purchaser may reasonably
determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and
remedies under such Purchaser’s Notes, this Agreement or any Subsidiary Guaranty. Each holder of a Note, by its acceptance
of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the benefits of this Section 20 as though it
were a party to this Agreement. On reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery to any holder of a Note of
information required to be delivered to such holder under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder that
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In the event that as
a condition to receiving access to information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions
contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, any Purchaser or holder of a Note is required to agree to a confidentiality
undertaking (whether through IntraLinks, another secure website, a secure virtual workspace or otherwise) which is different from
this Section 20, this Section 20 shall not be amended thereby and, as between such Purchaser or such holder and the Company,
this Section 20 shall supersede any such other confidentiality undertaking.


 


Section 21.         Substitution
of Purchaser.


 


Each Purchaser shall
have the right to substitute any one of its Affiliates or another Purchaser or any one of such other Purchaser’s Affiliates
(a “Substitute Purchaser”) as the purchaser of the Notes that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, by written
notice to the Company, which notice shall be signed by both such Purchaser and such Substitute Purchaser, shall contain such Substitute
Purchaser’s agreement to be bound by this Agreement and shall contain a confirmation by such Substitute Purchaser of the
accuracy with respect to it of the representations set forth in Section 6. Upon receipt of such notice, any reference to such
Purchaser in this Agreement (other than in this Section 21), shall be deemed to refer to such Substitute Purchaser in lieu
of such original Purchaser. In the event that such Substitute Purchaser is so substituted as a Purchaser hereunder and such Substitute
Purchaser thereafter transfers to such original Purchaser all of the Notes then held by such Substitute Purchaser, upon receipt
by the Company of notice of such transfer, any reference to such Substitute Purchaser as a “Purchaser” in this Agreement
(other than in this Section 21), shall no longer be deemed to refer to such Substitute Purchaser, but shall refer to such
original Purchaser, and such original Purchaser shall again have all the rights of an original holder of the Notes under this Agreement.


 


Section 22.         Miscellaneous.


 


Section 22.1.          Successors
and Assigns. All covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto
bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns (including any subsequent holder of a Note) whether so
expressed or not, except that, subject to Section 10.2, the Company may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights
or obligations hereunder or under the Notes without the prior written consent of each holder. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed
or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns
permitted hereby) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.


 




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Section 22.2.          Accounting
Terms. All accounting terms used herein which are not expressly defined in this Agreement have the meanings respectively
given to them in accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, (i) all computations made pursuant
to this Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) all financial statements shall be prepared in accordance
with GAAP. For purposes of determining compliance with this Agreement (including Section 9, Section 10 and the definition
of “Indebtedness”), any election by the Company to measure any financial liability using fair value (as permitted by
Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 825-10-25 – Fair Value Option, International
Accounting Standard 39 – Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement or any similar accounting standard) shall
be disregarded and such determination shall be made as if such election had not been made.


 


Section 22.3.          Severability.
Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition
or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such
provision in any other jurisdiction.


 


Section 22.4.          Construction,
Etc. Each covenant contained herein shall be construed (absent express provision to the contrary) as being independent
of each other covenant contained herein, so that compliance with any one covenant shall not (absent such an express contrary provision)
be deemed to excuse compliance with any other covenant. Where any provision herein refers to action to be taken by any Person,
or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether such action is taken directly or indirectly
by such Person.


 


Defined terms herein
shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including”
shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition
of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument
or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments,
supplements or modifications set forth herein) and, for purposes of the Notes, shall also include any such notes issued in substitution
therefor pursuant to Section 13, (b) subject to Section 22.1, any reference herein to any Person shall be construed
to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,”
and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision
hereof, (d) all references herein to Sections and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Sections of, and Schedules to,
this Agreement, and (e) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law
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Section 22.5.          Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall
constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together
signed by all, of the parties hereto.


 


Section 22.6.          Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties shall be governed
by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application
of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.


 


Section 22.7.          Jurisdiction
and Process; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) The Company irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any
New York State or federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, over any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Notes. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company irrevocably
waives and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction
of any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding
brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in
an inconvenient forum.


 


(b)          The
Company agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, that a final judgment in any suit, action or proceeding of the
nature referred to in Section 22.7(a) brought in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon it subject to rights
of appeal, as the case may be, and may be enforced in the courts of the United States of America or the State of New York (or any
other courts to the jurisdiction of which it or any of its assets is or may be subject) by a suit upon such judgment.


 


(c)          The
Company consents to process being served by or on behalf of any holder of Notes in any suit, action or proceeding of the nature
referred to in Section 22.7(a) by mailing a copy thereof by registered, certified, priority or express mail (or any substantially
similar form of mail), postage prepaid, return receipt or delivery confirmation requested, to it at its address specified in Section 18
or at such other address of which such holder shall then have been notified pursuant to said Section. The Company agrees that such
service upon receipt (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or
proceeding and (ii) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be taken and held to be valid personal service
upon and personal delivery to it. Notices hereunder shall be conclusively presumed received as evidenced by a delivery receipt
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(d)          Nothing
in this Section 22.7 shall affect the right of any holder of a Note to serve process in any manner permitted by law, or limit
any right that the holders of any of the Notes may have to bring proceedings against the Company in the courts of any appropriate
jurisdiction or to enforce in any lawful manner a judgment obtained in one jurisdiction in any other jurisdiction.


 


(e)          The
parties hereto hereby waive trial by jury in any action brought on or with respect to this Agreement, the Notes or any other document
executed in connection herewith or therewith.


 


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If you are in agreement with the foregoing, please sign the
form of agreement on a counterpart of this Agreement and return it to the Company, whereupon this Agreement shall become a binding
agreement between you and the Company.


 


	 	Very truly yours,
	 	 
	 	WhiteHorse Finance, Inc.
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Edward J. Giordano 
	 	Name: Edward J. Giordano
	 	Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer

 


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This Agreement is hereby


accepted and agreed to as


of the date hereof.


 


	 	Great American Life Insurance Company
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Mark F. Muething
	 	 	Name: Mark F. Muething
	 	 	Title: President
	 	 
	 	Republic Indemnity Company of America
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Stephen C. Beraha
	 	 	Name: Stephen C. Beraha
	 	 	Title: Assistant Secretary
	 	 
	 	Vanliner Insurance Company
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Julie A. McGraw
	 	 	Name: Julie A. McGraw
	 	 	Title: SVP, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
	 	 
	 	National Interstate Insurance Company
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Julie A. McGraw
	 	 	Name: Julie A. McGraw
	 	 	Title: SVP, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
	 	 
	 	Mid-Continent Casualty Company
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Stephen C. Beraha
	 	 	Name: Stephen C. Beraha
	 	 	Title: Assistant Secretary

 


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Defined Terms


 


As used herein, the
following terms have the respective meanings set forth below or set forth in the Section hereof following such term:


 


“Adjusted
Interest Rate” is defined in Section 1.2(d).


 


“Affiliate”
means, at any time, and with respect to any Person, any other Person that at such time directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries Controls, or is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person, and, with respect to the Company,
shall include any Person beneficially owning or holding, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity interests
of the Company or any Subsidiary or any Person of which the Company and its Subsidiaries beneficially own or hold, in the aggregate,
directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class of voting or equity interests. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires,
any reference to an “Affiliate” is a reference to an Affiliate of the Company. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the term “Affiliate” shall not include any Person that constitutes a Portfolio Investment.


 


“Agreement”
means this Note Purchase Agreement, including all Schedules attached to this Agreement.


 


“Amended Credit
Facility” is defined in Section 10.7.


 


“Anti-Corruption
Laws” means any law or regulation in a U.S. or any non-U.S. jurisdiction regarding bribery or any other corrupt activity,
including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Bribery Act 2010.


 


“Anti-Money
Laundering Laws” means any law or regulation in a U.S. or any non-U.S. jurisdiction regarding money laundering, drug
trafficking, terrorist-related activities or other money laundering predicate crimes, including the Currency and Foreign Transactions
Reporting Act of 1970 (otherwise known as the Bank Secrecy Act) and the USA PATRIOT Act.


 


“Asset Coverage
Ratio” means the ratio, as in effect from time to time, determined on a consolidated basis for Company and its Subsidiaries,
without duplication, (a) the value of total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, less all liabilities and indebtedness
not represented by senior securities to (b) to the aggregate amount of senior securities representing indebtedness of Company
and its Subsidiaries (including this Agreement), in each case as determined pursuant to the Investment Company Act and any orders
of the SEC issued to or with respect to Company thereunder.


 


“Below Investment
Grade Event” is defined in Section 1.2(e).


 


Schedule
A

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“Blocked Person”
means (a) a Person whose name appears on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons published by OFAC,
(b) a Person, entity, organization, country or regime that is blocked or a target of sanctions that have been imposed under
U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws or (c) a Person that is an agent, department or instrumentality of, or is otherwise beneficially
owned by, controlled by or acting on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any Person, entity, organization, country or regime described
in clause (a) or (b).


 


“Business
Day” means (a) for the purposes of Section 8.6 only, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized to be closed, and (b) for the purposes of any other provision
of this Agreement, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York, New York or Miami,
Florida are required or authorized to be closed.


 


“Capital Lease”
means, at any time, a lease with respect to which the lessee is required concurrently to recognize the acquisition of an asset
and the incurrence of a liability in accordance with GAAP.


 


“Change in
Control” means


 


(i)          the
direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation) in one or a series
of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, to any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), other than to any Permitted Holders,


 


(ii)         the
consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person”
or “group” (as those terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (other than any Permitted Holders) becomes
the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more
than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of the Company, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or


 


(iii)        the
approval by the Company’s stockholders of any plan or proposal relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;


 


provided, however, that any transfer
of the Company’s securities by H.I.G. Capital, L.L.C. or any of its Affiliates shall not be deemed a Change in Control under
clause (i) or (ii) above, as long as an Affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, L.L.C. remains the Company’s investment adviser until
August 7, 2023.


 


“Closing”
is defined in Section 3.


 


“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time.


 


“Company”
is defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.


 




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“Confidential
Information” is defined in Section 20.


 


“Control”
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “Controlled”
and “Controlling” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.


 


“Control Event”
means the public announcement by the Company of an agreement or letter of intent with respect to a proposed transaction or event
or series of transactions or events which, individually or in the aggregate, may reasonably be expected to result in a Change in
Control.


 


“Controlled
Entity” means (a) any of the Subsidiaries of the Company and any of their or the Company’s respective Controlled
Affiliates and (b) if the Company has a parent company, such parent company and its Controlled Affiliates.


 


“DBRS”
means DBRS, Inc., or if applicable, its successor.


 


“Debt to Equity
Ratio” means ratio of (a) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries to (b) Shareholders’
Equity at the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter of the Company.


 


“Default”
means an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both,
become an Event of Default.


 


“Default Rate”
means that rate of interest per annum that is the greater of (a) 2% above the rate of interest on the Notes then in effect
or (b) 2% over the rate of interest publicly announced by JPMorgan in New York, New York as its “base” or
“prime” rate.


 


“Disclosure
Documents” is defined in Section 5.3.


 


“EDGAR”
means the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System or any successor SEC electronic filing system for
such purposes.


 


“Environmental
Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments,
orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution
and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to Hazardous
Materials.


 


“Equity Interests”
means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests
in a trust or other equity ownership interests or equivalents (however designated, including any instrument treated as equity for
U.S. federal income tax purposes) in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase
or acquire any such equity interest.


 




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“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case as
amended from time to time.


 


“ERISA Affiliate”
means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is treated as a single employer together with the Company under
section 414 of the Code.


 


“Existing
Credit Facility” is defined in Section 10.7.


 


“Existing
Facility Additional Provisions” is defined in Section 10.7.


 


“External
Manager” means H.I.G. WhiteHorse Advisers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (or any Affiliate of H.I.G. Capital,
L.L.C. that may be so designated as the investment adviser of the Company from time to time).


 


“Event of
Default” is defined in Section 11.


 


“Family Member”
means, with respect to any individual, any other individual having a relationship of blood (to the second degree of consanguinity),
marriage or adoption to such individual.


 


“Family Trust”
means, with respect to any individual, trusts or other estate planning vehicles established for the primary benefit of such individual
or Family Member or such individual and in respect of which such individual or a bona fide third party serves as trustee or in
a similar capacity.


 


“FATCA”
means (a) sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that
is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), together with any current or future regulations or
official interpretations thereof, (b) any treaty, law or regulation of any other jurisdiction, or relating to an intergovernmental
agreement between the United States of America and any other jurisdiction,
which (in either case) facilitates the implementation of the foregoing clause (a), and (c) any agreements entered into
pursuant to section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.


 


“Form 10-K”
is defined in Section 7.1(b).


 


“Form 10-Q”
is defined in Section 7.1(a).


 


“GAAP”
means (a) generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time in the United States of America and (b) for
purposes of Section 9.6, with respect to any Subsidiary, generally accepted accounting principles (including International
Financial Reporting Standards, as applicable) as in effect from time to time in the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary.


 


“Governmental
Authority” means


 


(a)          the
government of


 




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(i)          the
United States of America or any state or other political subdivision thereof, or


 


(ii)         any
other jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts all or any part of its business, or which asserts jurisdiction
over any properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, or


 


(b)          any
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of, or pertaining to, any such
government.


 


“Governmental
Official” means any governmental official or employee, employee of any government-owned or government-controlled entity,
political party, any official of a political party, candidate for political office, official of any public international organization
or anyone else acting in an official capacity.


 


“Guaranty”
means, with respect to any Person, any obligation (except the endorsement in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments
for deposit or collection) of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any indebtedness, dividend or other obligation
of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including obligations incurred through an agreement, contingent
or otherwise, by such Person:


 


(a)          to
purchase such indebtedness or obligation or any property constituting security therefor;


 


(b)          to
advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or obligation, or (ii) to maintain any working
capital or other balance sheet condition or any income statement condition of any other Person or otherwise to advance or make
available funds for the purchase or payment of such indebtedness or obligation;


 


(c)          to
lease properties or to purchase properties or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such indebtedness or
obligation of the ability of any other Person to make payment of the indebtedness or obligation; or


 


(d)          otherwise
to assure the owner of such indebtedness or obligation against loss in respect thereof.


 


provided that the term “Guaranty”
shall not include (i) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or (ii) customary indemnification
agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, provided that such indemnification obligations are unsecured, such
Person has determined that any liability thereunder is remote and such indemnification obligations are not the functional equivalent
of the guaranty of a payment obligations of a primary obligor. In any computation of the indebtedness or other liabilities of the
obligor under any Guaranty, the indebtedness or other obligations that are the subject of such Guaranty shall be assumed to be
direct obligations of such obligor.


 




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“Hazardous
Materials” means any and all pollutants, toxic or hazardous wastes or other substances that might pose a hazard to health
and safety, the removal of which may be required or the generation, manufacture, refining, production, processing, treatment, storage,
handling, transportation, transfer, use, disposal, release, discharge, spillage, seepage or filtration of which is or shall be
restricted, prohibited or penalized by any applicable law, including asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated
biphenyls, petroleum, petroleum products, lead based paint, radon gas or similar restricted, prohibited or penalized substances.


 


“holder”
means, with respect to any Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the register maintained by the Company pursuant
to Section 13.1, provided, however, that if such Person is a nominee, then for the purposes of Sections 7, 12, 17.2
and 18 and any related definitions in this Schedule A, “holder” shall mean the beneficial owner of such Note whose
name and address appears in such register.


 


“INHAM Exemption”
is defined in Section 6.2(e).


 


“Indebtedness”
with respect to any Person means, at any time, without duplication,


 


(a)          its
liabilities for borrowed money;


 


(b)          its
redemption obligations in respect of mandatorily redeemable Preferred Stock;


 


(c)          its
liabilities for the deferred purchase price of property acquired by such Person (excluding accounts payable arising in the ordinary
course of business but including all liabilities created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
with respect to any such property);


 


(d)          (i)
all liabilities appearing on its balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in respect of Capital Leases and (ii) all liabilities
which would appear on its balance sheet in accordance with GAAP in respect of Synthetic Leases assuming such Synthetic Leases were
accounted for as Capital Leases;


 


(e)          all
liabilities for borrowed money secured by any Lien with respect to any property owned by such Person (whether or not it has assumed
or otherwise become liable for such liabilities);


 


(f)          all
its liabilities in respect of letters of credit or instruments serving a similar function issued or accepted for its account by
banks and other financial institutions (whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money);


 


(g)          the
aggregate Swap Termination Value of all Swap Contracts of such Person; and


 


(h)          any
Guaranty of such Person with respect to liabilities of a type described in any of clauses (a) through (g) hereof.


 




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Indebtedness of any Person shall include
all obligations of such Person of the character described in clauses (a) through (h) to the extent such Person remains legally
liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is deemed to be extinguished under GAAP.


 


“Institutional
Investor” means (a) any Purchaser of a Note, (b) any holder of a Note holding (together with one or more of
its affiliates) more than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, (c) any bank, trust company,
savings and loan association or other financial institution, any pension plan, any investment company, any insurance company, any
broker or dealer, or any other similar financial institution or entity, regardless of legal form, and (d) any Related Fund
of any holder of any Note.


 


“Investment
Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and
all exemptive relief, if any, obtained by the Company thereunder, as the same may be amended from time to time.


 


“Investment
Company Act Asset Coverage” means the minimum asset coverage required to be held by the Company to comply with the
Investment Company Act.


 


“Investment
Grade” means a rating of at least “BBB (low)” or higher by DBRS or its equivalent by any other NRSRO.


 


“Investor
Presentation” is defined in Section 5.3.


 


“JPMorgan”
means JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association.


 


“Lien”
means, with respect to any Person, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance, or any interest
or title of any vendor, lessor, lender or other secured party to or of such Person under any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement or Capital Lease, upon or with respect to any property or asset of such Person (including in the case of stock, stockholder
agreements, voting trust agreements and all similar arrangements).


 


“Make-Whole
Amount” is defined in Section 8.6.


 


“Material”
means material in relation to the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets, properties, or prospects of the Company
and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.


 


“Material
Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, affairs, financial condition, assets
or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations
under this Agreement and the Notes, (c) the ability of any Subsidiary Guarantor to perform its obligations under its Subsidiary
Guaranty, or (d) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guaranty.


 


“Material
Credit Facility” means, as to the Company and its Subsidiaries,


 




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(a)          the
Secured Credit Facility, including any renewals, extensions, amendments, supplements, restatements, replacements or refinancing
thereof; and


 


(b)          any
other agreement(s) creating or evidencing indebtedness for borrowed money entered into on or after the date of Closing by the Company
or any Subsidiary, or in respect of which the Company or any Subsidiary is an obligor or otherwise provides a guarantee or other
credit support (“Credit Facility”), in a principal amount outstanding or available for borrowing equal to or
greater than $25,000,000 (or the equivalent of such amount in the relevant currency of payment, determined as of the date of the
closing of such facility based on the exchange rate of such other currency); and if no Credit Facility or Credit Facilities equal
or exceed such amounts, then the largest Credit Facility shall be deemed to be a Material Credit Facility. 


 


“Maturity
Date” is defined in the first paragraph of each Note.


 


“MFL Provision”
means any covenant (whether constituting a covenant or an event of default) that requires the Company or any Subsidiary to (i) maintain
any level of financial performance (including without limitation, any specified level of net worth, total assets, cash flows or
net income, however expressed), (ii) maintain any relationship of any component of its capital structure to any other component
thereof (including, without limitation, the relationship of indebtedness, senior indebtedness or subordinated indebtedness to total
capitalization or to net worth, however expressed), (iii) maintain any measure of its ability to service its indebtedness
(including, without limitation, exceeding any specified ratio of revenues, cash flow or income to interest expense, rental expense,
capital expenditures and/or scheduled payments of indebtedness, however expressed) or (iv) not to exceed any maximum level
of indebtedness, however expressed.


 


“Multiemployer
Plan” means any Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” (as such term is defined in section 4001(a)(3) of
ERISA).


 


“NAIC”
means the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.


 


“New Credit
Facility” is defined in Section 10.7.


 


“New Facility
Additional Provisions” is defined in Section 10.7.


 


“Non-U.S.
Plan” means any plan, fund or other similar program that (a) is established or maintained outside the United States
of America by the Company or any Subsidiary primarily for the benefit of employees of the Company or one or more Subsidiaries residing
outside the United States of America, which plan, fund or other similar program provides, or results in, retirement income, a deferral
of income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of employment, and (b) is not subject to
ERISA or the Code.


 


“Notes”
is defined in Section 1.


 




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“NRSRO”
means a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization so designated by the SEC whose status has been confirmed by the SVO.


 


“OFAC”
means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.


 


“OFAC Sanctions
Program” means any economic or trade sanction that OFAC is responsible for administering and enforcing. A list of OFAC
Sanctions Programs may be found at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx.


 


“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate of a Senior Financial Officer or of any other officer of the Company whose responsibilities
extend to the subject matter of such certificate.


 


“PBGC”
means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.


 


“Permitted
Holders” means H.I.G. Capital, L.L.C. (or any Affiliate thereof), senior management and employees of H.I.G. Capital,
L.L.C. and its subsidiaries (in each case, as of the date hereof) and their Family Members and Family Trusts.


 


“Person”
means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, unincorporated organization, business
entity or Governmental Authority.


 


“Plan”
means an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA) subject to Title I of ERISA that is
or, within the preceding five years, has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or, within the preceding
five years, have been made or required to be made, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability.


 


“Portfolio
Investment” means (i) any investment held by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries in their asset portfolio and (ii)
any investment held by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries that is listed on the Company’s consolidated Schedule of Investments
included in any filing with the SEC (or, for investments made during a given quarter and before a consolidated Schedule of Investments
is filed with respect to the end of such quarter, will be listed on the Company’s consolidated Schedule of Investments to
be filed with the SEC with respect to the end of such quarter during which the Investment is made), including, without limitation,
any such Schedule of Investments filed (or to be filed) with any of the Company’s annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, registration statements or prospectuses.


 


“Preferred
Stock” means any class of capital stock of a Person that is preferred over any other class of capital stock (or similar
equity interests) of such Person as to the payment of dividends or the payment of any amount upon liquidation or dissolution of
such Person.


 


“property”
or “properties” means, unless otherwise specifically limited, real or personal property of any kind, tangible
or intangible, choate or inchoate.


 




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“PTE”
is defined in Section 6.2(a).


 


“Purchaser”
or “Purchasers” means each of the purchasers that has executed and delivered this Agreement to the Company and
such Purchaser’s successors and assigns (so long as any such assignment complies with Section 13.2), provided, however,
that any Purchaser of a Note that ceases to be the registered holder or a beneficial owner (through a nominee) of such Note as
the result of a transfer thereof pursuant to Section 13.2 shall cease to be included within the meaning of “Purchaser”
of such Note for the purposes of this Agreement upon such transfer.


 


“Purchaser
Schedule” means the Purchaser Schedule to this Agreement listing the Purchasers of the Notes and including their notice
and payment information.


 


“Qualified
Institutional Buyer” means any Person who is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of such
term as set forth in Rule 144A(a)(1) under the Securities Act.


 


“QPAM Exemption”
is defined in Section 6.2(d).


 


“Rating”
means a rating of the Notes, which rating shall (a) specifically describe the Notes, including their interest rate, maturity
and Private Placement Number, issued by a NRSRO and (b) in the event such Rating is a “private letter rating” (i) address
the likelihood of payment of both the principal and interest of such Notes (which requirement shall be deemed satisfied if the
rating is silent as to the likelihood of payment of both principal and interest and does not otherwise include any indication to
the contrary), (ii) not include any prohibition against sharing such evidence with the SVO or any other regulatory authority having
jurisdiction over the holders of the Notes, and (iii) include such other information describing the relevant terms of the Notes
as may be required from time to time by the SVO or any other regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the holders of the Notes.


 


“Related Fund”
means, with respect to any holder of any Note, any fund or entity that (a) invests in Securities or bank loans, and (b) is
advised or managed by such holder, the same investment advisor as such holder or by an affiliate of such holder or such investment
advisor.


 


“Replacement
Facilities” means at any time on or after all or any portion of the Secured Credit Facility is expired or terminated,
one or more senior secured credit facilities or similar secured loan agreements to which the Company or the borrower under the
Secured Credit Facility (or any other special purpose vehicle formed by the Company) is a party as borrower and pursuant to which
substantially all of the Company’s assets are pledged, including any guarantees granted thereunder by the Company or such
borrower.


 


“Required
Holders” means (i) prior to the Closing, the Purchasers and (ii) at any time on or after the Closing, the holders
of more than 50% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding (exclusive of Notes then owned by the Company or any
of its Affiliates).


 


“Responsible
Officer” means any Senior Financial Officer, the chief executive officer, the chief operating officer, the chief compliance
officer, and any other officer of the Company with responsibility for the administration of the relevant portion of this Agreement.


 




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“RIC”
means a person qualifying for treatment as a “regulated investment company” under the Code.


 


“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America.


 


“Secured Credit
Facility” means that certain second amended and restated loan agreement dated as of December 23, 2015 and amended
and restated as of June 29, 2017, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, by and among WhiteHorse Finance Credit 1, LLC , as borrower, JPMorgan Bank, as administrative agent and lender,
and the lenders from time to time party thereto.


 


“Securities”
or “Security” shall have the meaning specified in section 2(1) of the Securities Act.


 


“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.


 


“Senior Financial
Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or comptroller of the Company.


 


“Shareholders’
Equity” means, at any date, the amount determined on a consolidated basis, without duplication, in accordance with GAAP,
of shareholders equity for the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date.


 


“Significant
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary which is a “significant subsidiary” (within the meaning specified in Rule
1-02(w) of Regulation S-X, promulgated under the Securities Act) of the Company, excluding any Subsidiary of the Company which
is (a) a nonrecourse or limited recourse subsidiary, (b) a bankruptcy remote special purpose vehicle or (c) not consolidated with
the Company for the purposes of GAAP.


 


“Source”
is defined in Section 6.2.


 


“State Sanctions
List” means a list that is adopted by any state Governmental Authority within the United States of America pertaining
to Persons that engage in investment or other commercial activities in Iran or any other country that is a target of economic sanctions
imposed under U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws.


 


“Subsidiary”
means, as to any Person, any other Person in which such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and
one or more of its Subsidiaries owns sufficient equity or voting interests to enable it or them (as a group) ordinarily, in the
absence of contingencies, to elect a majority of the directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of such second Person,
and any partnership or joint venture if more than a 50% interest in the profits or capital thereof is owned by such first Person
or one or more of its Subsidiaries or such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries (unless such partnership or joint venture
can and does ordinarily take major business actions without the prior approval of such Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries);
provided, however, that notwithstanding such definition of Subsidiary or the definition of subsidiary under GAAP,
a Person shall not be deemed a Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement if (a) such Person is a joint venture between the
Company and a third party, (b) the Company owns equity securities of such Person representing 50% of the voting power of all
outstanding equity securities of such Person and (c) pursuant to SEC guidance, the Indebtedness of such Person is not consolidated
on the consolidated financial statements of the Company. Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, any reference to a “Subsidiary”
is a reference to a Subsidiary of the Company.


 




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“Subsidiary
Guarantor” means each Subsidiary that has executed and delivered a Subsidiary Guaranty.


 


“Subsidiary
Guaranty” is defined in Section 9.7(a).


 


“Substitute
Purchaser” is defined in Section 21.


 


“SVO”
means the Securities Valuation Office of the NAIC.


 


“Swap Contract”
means (a) any and all interest rate swap transactions, basis swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions,
forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options,
bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions,
currency options, spot contracts or any other similar transactions or any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into
any of the foregoing), and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the
terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association,
Inc. or any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement.


 


“Swap Termination
Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable
netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed
out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to
the date referenced in clause (a), the amounts(s) determined as the mark-to-market values(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined
based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts.


 


“Synthetic
Lease” means, at any time, any lease (including leases that may be terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property
(a) that is accounted for as an operating lease under GAAP and (b) in respect of which the lessee retains or obtains
ownership of the property so leased for U.S. federal income tax purposes, other than any such lease under which such Person is
the lessor.


 


“United States
Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.


 




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“Unsecured
Debt” means Indebtedness of the Company with a final maturity greater than one year from the date of determination outstanding
at any time that is not secured in any manner by any Lien on assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.


 


“USA PATRIOT
Act” means United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time
to time in effect.


 


“U.S. Economic
Sanctions Laws” means those laws, executive orders, enabling legislation or regulations administered and enforced by
the United States pursuant to which economic sanctions have been imposed on any Person, entity, organization, country or regime,
including the Trading with the Enemy Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Iran Sanctions Act, the Sudan Accountability
and Divestment Act and any other OFAC Sanctions Program.


 


“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary” means, at any time, any Subsidiary all of the equity interests (except directors’ qualifying shares)
and voting interests of which are owned by any one or more of the Company and the Company’s other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries
at such time.


 




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[Form of Note]


 


WhiteHorse Finance, Inc.


 


6.00% Senior Note Due August 7,
2023


 





	No. [_____]	[Date]
	$[_______]	PPN 96524V A*7







 


For
Value Received, the undersigned, WhiteHorse Finance, Inc. (herein called the
“Company”), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby promises to
pay to [____________], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [_____________________] Dollars
(or so much thereof as shall not have been prepaid) on August 7, 2023 (the “Maturity
Date”), with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) (a) on the unpaid balance
hereof at the rate of 6.00% per annum from the date hereof, payable semiannually, on the 7th day of February and August; as may
be adjusted in accordance with Section 1.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement (as hereinafter defined), in each year, commencing
with the February 7 or August 7 next succeeding the date hereof, and on the Maturity Date, until the principal hereof
shall have become due and payable, and (b) to the extent permitted by law, (x) on any overdue payment of interest and
(y) during the continuance of an Event of Default, on such unpaid balance and on any overdue payment of any Make-Whole Amount,
at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the Default Rate (as defined in the hereinafter defined Note Purchase Agreement),
payable semiannually as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand).


 


Payments of principal
of, interest on and any Make-Whole Amount with respect to this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America
at JPMorgan in New York, New York or at such other place as the Company shall have designated by written notice to the holder of
this Note as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement referred to below.


 


This Note is one of
a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated July
13, 2018 (as from time to time amended, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the respective
Purchasers named therein and is entitled to the benefits thereof. Each holder of this Note will be deemed, by its acceptance hereof,
to have (i) agreed to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement and (ii) made
the representation set forth in Section 6.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms
used in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement.


 


This Note is a registered
Note and, as provided in the Note Purchase Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in
writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due
presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof
for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company will not be affected by any notice to the contrary.


 


Purchase
Schedule

(to Note Purchase Agreement) 




    	 		 



     

    

 


This Note is subject
to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, at the times and on the terms specified in the Note Purchase Agreement,
but not otherwise.


 


If an Event of Default
occurs and is continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner, at the
price (including any applicable Make-Whole Amount) and with the effect provided in the Note Purchase Agreement.


 


This Note shall be
construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the Company and the holder of this Note shall be governed by, the
law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would permit the application of the
laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.


 


	 	WhiteHorse Finance, Inc.
	 	 	 
	 	By	 
	 	 	[Title]


 








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